Item 114 - Riding in a biplane, Old Orchard Beach, 1920
- Item 114 - Riding in a biplane, Old Orchard Beach, 1920
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Image Info Harry Jones, pilot and owner of Capt. Jones Flying Corp., Old Orchard. He ran a business of sightseeing flights out of his hangar from 1919 to 1930.
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He is with Dorothy Nason of Westbrook, who was crowned "Miss Westbrook" and "Miss Evening Express," in 1920.
They are boarding for a flight over Portland to drop "bombs" of gift certificates as a publicity stunt.
