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1951/July: Daily Scheduled Twin Engine Service: Now Twelve Flights

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Title: 1951/July: Daily Scheduled Twin Engine Service: Now Twelve Flights
Source: 1951 Provincetown Art Association Guide (First Exhibition) ℗ Advocate Press
Date: July 1st, 1951

Schedule-style Ad promoting PBA’s Twelve daily flights between Provincetown, MA (PVC) and Boston, MA (BOS).
 
Passenger Fares: $6.95 plus tax
Air Freight: 4¢ per lb.

Scanned, from personal collection.

1951/March: Eight to Twelve Flights Daily

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Title: 1951/March: Eight to Twelve Flights Daily
Source: 1951 Provincetown Advocate Newspaper
Date: March 8th, 1951

Schedule-style Ad promoting PBA’s Eight to Twelve daily flights between Provincetown, MA (PVC) and Boston, MA (BOS).

Scanned, from personal collection.

1950/July: Daily Scheduled Twin Engine Service: Now Twelve Flights Daily!

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Title: 1950/July: Daily Scheduled Twin Engine Service: Now Twelve Flights Daily!
Source: 1950 Provincetown Art Association Guide (First Exhibition) ℗ Advocate Press
Date: July 2nd, 1950

Schedule-style Ad promoting PBA’s Twelve daily flights between Provincetown, MA (PVC) and Boston, MA (BOS).
 
Passenger Fares: $6.95 plus tax
Air Freight: 4¢ per lb.

Scanned, from personal collection.

1950/May: Daily Scheduled Twin Engine Service: Now Six Flights Daily

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Title: 1950/May: Daily Scheduled Twin Engine Service: Now Six Flights Daily
Source: Provincetown Advocate Newspaper
Date: May 10th, 1950

Schedule-style Ad promoting newly rechristened Provincetown-Boston Airline, Inc.’s Six daily flights between Provincetown, MA (PVC) and Boston, MA (BOS).
 
Passenger Fares: $6.95 plus tax
Air Freight: 4¢ per lb.

Scanned, from personal collection.

1949/July: Cape Cod Flying Service: Shuttle Flights Daily between PROVINCETOWN — BOSTON

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Title: 1949/July: Cape Cod Flying Service: Shuttle Flights Daily between PROVINCETOWN — BOSTON
Source: 1949 Provincetown Art Association Guide (Second Exhibition) ℗ Advocate Press
Date: July 3rd, 1949

PBA née Cape Cod Flying Service ad promoting on-demand shuttle flights between Provincetown (PVC) and Boston (BOS).
 
Fares: $8.50 PER PERSON

Scanned, from personal collection.

1948/May: Initial advertisement promoting flights from Provincetown to Boston

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Title: 1948/May: Initial advertisement promoting flights from Provincetown to Boston
Source: Provincetown Newspaper
Date: May 10th, 1948

This is it. This advertisement signaled the beginning of PBA — May 10th, 1948 — with the start of service from Provincetown, MA (PVC) to Boston, MA (BOS) operated by Cape Cod Flying Service. The Provincetown-Boston Airline, Inc. name would be adopted a year or so later.

Scanned, from personal collection.