Item 119 - Biplane, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1920

Item 119 - Biplane, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1920
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Item 119
Biplane, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1920
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Harry Jones, pilot and owner of Capt. Jones Flying Corp., Old Orchard, with Dorothy Nason of Westbrook.

They are boarding for a flight over Portland to drop "bombs" of gift certificates as a publicity stunt.

Dorothy Nasan had been crowned "Miss Westbrook."

Harry M. Jones ran a business of sightseeing flights out of his hangar in Old Orchard Beach beginning in 1919 and continuing until about 1930.

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