Old Town serial number 58553

[atheylloyd]

Hello, would you be able to find the records of our Old Town canoe with serial number 58553?

Thanks so much for your help!
- Will

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 58553 is a 17 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, HW (heavy water) model with red Western cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, a keel, outside stems, a floor rack, and sponsons. It was built between January and March, 1920. The original exterior paint color was lemon. It shipped on May 12th, 1920 to Baltimore, Maryland. A scan showing this build record can be found below.

This scan and several hundred thousand others 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 donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match the canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson

 

[atheylloyd]

Thank you so much!!