Deck Tag?

[yeolwoodsman]

I just removed the deck from the 1922 OT HW that I've started to redo. Stripping all day The deck has what appears to be a place where a tag was once fastened. Did Old Town attach metal tags to their canoes back then? The spacing between the nails is about 1-3/8" and the tag was about 3/4" high. The deck is the original but it is going to be replaced. I've attached a picture of the deck.

 

[Dave Osborn]

I don't think it is anything that Old Town used. Could be a tag related to a canoe rental or livery. Could also be something from a store that may have sold it originally.

 

[Benson Gray]

My guess is that it was from a livery or store tag as Dave suggested. You can see some other examples of these at http://forums.wcha.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5292&d=1215183768 for example. If this was on your Old Town with serial number 67629 as shown in the build record below then it could have been a R. H. Macy tag.

Benson

 

[yeolwoodsman]

Thank you once again Benson and Dave. Yes it is the 67629 canoe, so it was originally sold to Macy's in NYC. Thanks for the reference to the thread with the tags. Interesting!