The Old Town canoe with serial number 172113 is a 17 foot long Otca model with half ribs and a keel. It was built between May and June, 1962. The original exterior paint color was white. It shipped on June 29th, 1962 to Ottumwa, Iowa. It was damaged in transit and returned on August 1st, 1962. The repairs required two new ribs, some planking, and new white paint as shown on the back side of the card. It was then resold to East Providence, Rhode Island on August 28th, 1962. The new owner brought it back again on September 3rd, 1963 for another new rib, varnish and paint. It returned to Rhode Island on September 28th, 1963. Scans of both sides of this build record can be found by following the links behind the thumbnail images attached below.
These scans were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. Additional information about 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 contribute to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See
http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and
http://www.wcha.org/join.html to join.
More information about these canoes can be found at
http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/guide/ in the Historic Canoe Catalog Reference Guide and at
http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm on the Complete Old Town Canoe Company Catalog Collection CD.
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
