I think that the image attached below may be the oldest one of an Old Town model canoe. This is in a Scrantom, Wetmore, & Co. catalog for Old Town Canoes that has no date. However, the photographs on the cover and of the sponson canoes inside are identical to the ones from the 1904 Old Town catalog so it seems likely that both were printed around the same time. The text on the side is identical to many later models and there are many other elements that look much more like a model than a full sized canoe. Scans showing the rest of this catalog are available along with the 1904 Old Town catalog on the CD. What do you think?
Benson
Benson