Hi Bill-- You've done all you need to do to get the correct build record: you posted the image of the serial number, which is (from my perception) 157319.
Old Town 157319 is a 17 foot CS (common sense, or middle grade) HW model canoe that was completed from March to June 1952. It was fitted with a keel and sponsons and was painted with Old Town design #37 (pictured below, courtesy "The Complete Old Town Canoe Company Catalog Collection, 1901- 1993", available on CD from
http://www.wcha.org/catalog/ and
http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm on the web.)
The canoe was shipped to the Reynolds Boat Company of Haverhill, MA, on July 2, 1952.
Build records only show the history of the building of the canoe and its original destination... the canoe's history is held by those who have used it over the years... so, you already know its true history! This is just its "birth story".
If this record doesn't seem to fit, we can keep trying...
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 at
http://www.wcha.org/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See
http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and
http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
Kathy
