The Old Town with serial number 157579 is a 16 foot long Double Ended Boat model with a keel, outside stems, and a floor rack. It was built between April, 1952 and January, 1953. The original exterior paint color was light gray. It shipped to East Holden, Maine on May 11th, 1953. A scan of this build record can be found below.
This scan and several hundred thousand others were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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. See
https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/18210/ for a similar boat that shipped to the same destination. There was quite a bit of variation in the seats over the years. See
http://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/12705/ for several other seat styles in this model from various decades. These are hand made boats so minor differences are common. Did you get the canoe that was listed in Bass Harbor as well? Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson