Congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 144747 is a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Yankee model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, no keel, and a floor rack. It was built between March and June, 1946. The original exterior paint was dark green. It shipped on July 3rd, 1946 to Secaucus, New Jersey. The canoe was returned for repairs on November 19th, 1949 as shown on the back side of the card. It was shipped back on March 3rd, 1950. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links at the attached thumbnail images below.
This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of 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 renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See
http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and
http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson