The Old Town canoe with serial number 95238 is an 18 foot long, AA grade, Ideal model with Western red cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany trim, half ribs, and a keel. It was built between August, 1927 and May, 1928. The original exterior paint color was similar to the image at
http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design22.gif known as design number 22. It shipped on May 8th, 1928 to Little Rock, Arkansas. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link behind the attached thumbnail image below.
This scan was created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. Additional information about the project to preserve these records is available at
http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or contribute to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See
http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and
http://www.wcha.org/join.html to join.
Some good information about how to value a wooden canoe can be found at
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?t=57 in the FAQ.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description don't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
