Capt. Harry M. Jones scrapbook collection, 1912-1971.

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Capt. Harry M. Jones scrapbook collection, 1912-1971.

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Personal scrapbooks, created by Jones, containing photographs, postcards, ephemera, newsclippings, maps, and blueprints, reflecting his career as an aviation pioneer. Includes materials relating to Jones's membership in the Early Birds of Aviation, an organization of pioneer aviators.

3 cubic ft.

Harmon Museum/Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6919326

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Early Birds of Aviation (Organization)

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Jones, Harry M. (Harry Martin), 1890-1973

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Harry M. Jones was born in Providence, R.I.; in 1912 signed up for a flying course at Saugus, Mass., and became first aviator in Rhode Island at the age of 22 in 1913; became famous in the New England area as being the first and only pilot to land an airplane on Boston Common, and later being the first pilot hired as a special air parcel post carrier, flying from Boston to New York with several stops along the way. He opened a flying school in Saugus in 1915 and began flying passengers over Bost...