Hello, Paul--
Old Town 129560 is a 16 foot CS (common sense, or middle) grade Yankee model canoe that was completed March-June of 1940. It has open spruce gunwales, a keel, and was originally navy blue. It was shipped to Westtown School in Westtown, PA, on June 7, 1940. Does that match the canoe you are looking at?
I will attach the scan when this computer lets me do that. It was hacked into and is not functioning as it used to... but I figure you want the information, and the "proof" will come in a bit!
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There's a lot of interesting information on the Yankee model in our archives here--- use the "search" function above and type in "Yankee".
Are you related to Dave Davidson, by any chance?
Kathy