Welcome, Allen--
Old Town 123912 was constructed between December of 1937 and February 1939. It's a 17 foot CS ("common sense") grade HW (heavy water, or lake boat) with open spruce gunwales and ash decks, thwarts, and seat frames. The rails are oval, and it was fitted with a keel and painted bright red. It also has a bob stay, which you may read an interesting discussion about here:
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?t=3831&highlight=bob+stay
The canoe was shipped in Von Lenzerke and Antoine in Chicago on March 9, 1939.
If this doesn't seem to match the canoe you have, we can try again. The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it, and it will become larger. Scans of approximately 210,000 records were 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
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Kathy
