ScottSutcliffe
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Thanks for your help. -Scott Sutcliffe
Build info for 158 980 15
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Thanks for your help. -Scott Sutcliffe
The Old Town canoe with serial number 158980 is an AA (or top) grade, 15 foot long fifty pound model with a keel and a floor rack. It was built between December, 1952 and April, 1953. The original exterior paint colors were similar to the ones shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design10.gif which was known as the design number 10. It shipped on May 1st, 1953 to Lake Placid, New York. The canoe was returned for extensive repairs on November 13th, 1956 as shown on the back side of the card. It returned to Wyalusing, Pennsylvania in January, 1957. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found below.
These scans 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 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. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions,
Benson
These scans 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 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. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions,
Benson
patrick corry
solo canoeist
Wow, looks pristine in that picture.
