Hatchet Jack
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Have found vintage old town canoe. Serial #97751....16. Can someone please help with info, build sheet? Thanks all.
Info needed on vintage old town canoe
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Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Hello Jack,
The Old Town with serial number 97751 is a 16 foot AA (top) grade HW model canoe finished March-June of 1928, with red Western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, thwarts, and seat frames, a keel and a floor rack. Original color was dark red. It was shipped to Mr. F. Ludlow in Pine Beach, NJ, in July of 1928 (I can't make out the day). Image of the scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image.
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 athttp://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Kathy
The Old Town with serial number 97751 is a 16 foot AA (top) grade HW model canoe finished March-June of 1928, with red Western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, thwarts, and seat frames, a keel and a floor rack. Original color was dark red. It was shipped to Mr. F. Ludlow in Pine Beach, NJ, in July of 1928 (I can't make out the day). Image of the scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image.
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 athttp://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Kathy
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Hatchet Jack
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Can someone please tell me? I have looked at Kathryn Klos pics she has posted. The beautiful red canoe she is kneeling down by? Wow ! Can someone please tell which canoe that is. Absolutely a work of art! Thanks all
Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
You're probably referring to the Kennebec Katahdin, restored by Dave McDaniel. It shows up in the WCHA video a couple times.
Here's a video I made in order to point out features of Kennebec canoes:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbCaP7eJegY
Here's a video I made in order to point out features of Kennebec canoes:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbCaP7eJegY
