> From: "Sue Schrems" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 4/10/2005 2:00:44 PM > Subject: FW: [Montana_History] Alert- STOLEN- Yellowstone artwork > > A message from Lee Whittlesey, Yellowstone Park Historian: > > Many of you are familiar with the Union Pacific Bears images > of Yellowstone National Park as well as the cartoonlike bears > images that today grace the Old Faithful Inn dining room > and Bear Pit Bar in the form of glass panels. These bear > images are well known to Yellowstone afficionadoes. > > Both the Union Pacific Bears and the Bear Pit images were > originally painted in the 1920s and 1930s by artist Walter > Oehrle (pronounced EARLY) and were published in a small > pamphlet that was given away by the Yellowstone Park > Company. They were rendered into woodcuts, which graced > the inside of the Bear Pit Lounge at Old Faithful Inn for many > years. A couple of these woodcuts are still on the walls of > the Old Faithful Inn Snack Shop. During a recent remodeling, > the images were redone in cut glass, and today they appear > on the walls of the Old Faithful dining room and Bear Pit Lounge. > > Recently Walter Oehrle's original eleven Bear Pit paintings were > STOLEN from the residence of Dan Fey of Seattle, a descendant > of Oehrle's. There are eleven paintings, each rendered in brown > and white (two-tone) on cardboard, each about 20 inches by > 24 inches in size. > > As you might imagine, the owner is quite upset about this > theft and has the Seattle police fully involved. Should anyone > encounter these images or information on their whereabouts, > please email Dan Fey at [log in to unmask] or call him at > (206) 329-6525 (home) or (206) 448-0474 (work). > > These images may eventually be offered on Ebay to collectors, > to a rare book or art dealer, or to a library or archives. PLEASE > BE ON THE ALERT FOR ANY OF THESE IMAGES. Yellowstone > collectors are likely to be in the group of people to whom they > may be offered. A copy of this message will be placed in the > Yellowstone National Park History Archives so that those who > come after us can know of the theft in case the perpetrator > waits for many years to "unload" the materials. > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ANY FRIENDS YOU MAY > HAVE WHO ARE RARE BOOK OR ART DEALERS, ARCHIVISTS, > LIBRARIANS, OR YELLOWSTONE COLLECTORS, any of whom > could be offered a chance to purchase these stolen materials. > > Lee H. Whittlesey > Park Historian, National Park Service > > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).