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'''Mills Field in 1927, which eventually grew into San Francisco International Airport. Originally part of the D.O. Mills estate, which in turn was later subdivided into the town of Millbrae and the airport.'''
'''Mills Field in 1927, which eventually grew into [[San Francisco Airport|San Francisco International Airport]]. Originally part of the D.O. Mills estate, which in turn was later subdivided into the town of Millbrae and the airport.'''
 
''Photo: San Mateo County History Museum ''
 
[[Image:Elizabeth-Mills-Reid,-Whitelaw-Reid,-D-O-Mills,-Elihu-Root,-JP-Morgan,-Ogden-Mills-in-Millbrae.jpg]]
 
'''Gilded Era plutocrats: (l to r) Elizabeth Mills Reid, Whitelaw Reid (editor, ''New York Tribune''), Darius Ogden Mills, Elihu Root (Secretary of State for President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of War for Roosevelt and William McKinley), J.P. Morgan (banker), and Ogden Mills, at the Mills estate in Millbrae, long before air travel, c. 1900.'''
 
''Photo: provenance unknown''
 
[[Image:Waterfront property east of the Bayshore Highway before airport improvements 1927 pub 2011.032.0021 1.jpg]]
 
'''Waterfront property east of the Bayshore Highway before airport improvements, 1927.'''
 
''Photo: courtesy San Francisco Airport Museums''
 
[[Image:Mills-Field-airport.jpg]]
 
'''Mills Field, before it was renamed San Francisco International Airport, c. 1930s'''
 
''Photo: Shaping San Francisco''
 
[[Image:1927 SF airport.jpg]]


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'''Mills Field, 1927.'''


== Aerial view of Mills Field in 1927 (ealry San Francisco Airport) ==
''Photo: Shaping San Francisco''


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Revision as of 22:35, 3 March 2021

Unfinished History

Outofsf$mills-field-1927.jpg

Mills Field in 1927, which eventually grew into San Francisco International Airport. Originally part of the D.O. Mills estate, which in turn was later subdivided into the town of Millbrae and the airport.

Photo: San Mateo County History Museum

Elizabeth-Mills-Reid,-Whitelaw-Reid,-D-O-Mills,-Elihu-Root,-JP-Morgan,-Ogden-Mills-in-Millbrae.jpg

Gilded Era plutocrats: (l to r) Elizabeth Mills Reid, Whitelaw Reid (editor, New York Tribune), Darius Ogden Mills, Elihu Root (Secretary of State for President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of War for Roosevelt and William McKinley), J.P. Morgan (banker), and Ogden Mills, at the Mills estate in Millbrae, long before air travel, c. 1900.

Photo: provenance unknown

Waterfront property east of the Bayshore Highway before airport improvements 1927 pub 2011.032.0021 1.jpg

Waterfront property east of the Bayshore Highway before airport improvements, 1927.

Photo: courtesy San Francisco Airport Museums

Mills-Field-airport.jpg

Mills Field, before it was renamed San Francisco International Airport, c. 1930s

Photo: Shaping San Francisco

1927 SF airport.jpg

Mills Field, 1927.

Photo: Shaping San Francisco


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