The Old Town canoe with serial number 124645 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, a floor rack, a painter ring, and a bang plate along the full length of the keel. It was built between March, 1938 and January, 1939. The original exterior paint color was dark green with the name Norm in gold on the right and left sides of the bow. It shipped on June, 6th, 1939 to Georgetown, D.C.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 145118 is a 17 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Otca model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, and a keel. It was built between May and July, 1946. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on July 30th, 1946 to Clayton, New York. Scans showing both of these build records can be found below.
These scans and several hundred thousand more 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
http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and
https://www.woodencanoe.org/pricing-plans/join to donate or renew.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer these descriptions don't match the canoes. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
