John Hartnett
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Can you help with this serial number for 16 ft canvas canoe
Old town serial number 126285
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 126285 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Otca model with open spruce gunwales, birch decks, birch thwarts, birch seats, and a keel. It was built between January and May, 1939. The original exterior paint color was dark red. It shipped on May 27th, 1939 to Cleveland, Ohio. The paint peeled so it was returned for refinishing on August 28th, 1939 as shown on the back side of the card. It was reshipped to Akron, Ohio on November 3rd, 1939. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links behind the thumbnail images attached 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 join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership 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,
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 join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership 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,
Benson
John Hartnett
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Thanks. I wonder is I read the number correctly. There is a 16 after the serial number but the inf9rmation says 17
The other stem may be more clear so please attach a picture of it if you can. The build records for the four 16 foot long canoes in the 1262x5 range are attached below.
Benson
Benson
