Rainboiws in WWI or WWII?

[Howie]

Were Penn Yan Rainbows ever shipped to Europe in WWI or WWII? I'm restoring one for a fella that wants his pre-1948 Rainbow painted camo!

 

[Benson Gray]

I don't know if any Penn Yan canoes were painted this way but Old Town listed one in their 1919 catalog as shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/maritime.gif along with some brighter variations. Two 17 foot long Carleton canoes were shipped to Chicago with camouflage paint as shown at http://forums.wcha.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=22601&d=1344719109 in May, 1919. See http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?9668 for more about that Carleton order and http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/thumbnal.html has a few similar Old Town designs. Please post some pictures of what you decide to do.

Benson