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Description
Captain Harry M. Jones, A.S.O.R.C., shows the message dropped by Lt. Erik H. Nelson as he passed over Old Orchard.
The message reads: "Greetings from The World Fliers, en route Pictou, N.S. to Boston Mass, U.S.A. This is our answer to the question 'Are you glad to be back:' Hello, everybody - you bet we are glad to be back. Regards from each. (Signed) Lowell H. Smith, Erik H. Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie P. Arnold, John Harding, Jr., H.H. Ogden."
Jones wrote under the image in his scrapbook, "Message dropped from the Army Round-The-World flyers - 1924."
About This Item
- Title: Harry Jones with World Fliers greeting, 1924
- Creation Date: 1924
- Subject Date: 1924
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 15 cm x 19 cm
- Local Code: HJScr3_p011_001
- Object Type: Image
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- Jones, Harry M., 1890-1973
- Air pilots--American
- Aircraft
- Flights around the world
- Airplanes
- Transatlantic flights
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- Transcontinental flights
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Old Orchard Beach Historical SocietyP.O. Box 464, Old Orchard, ME 04064
(207) 934-9319
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