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KETCHIKAN LEGION SEEKS IDENTITY OF "MYSTERY
MAN" IN PAINTING -- Oil portrait of Legionnaire
found in Cave Junction, Oregon.
Old photo of Ketchikan, Alaska Legionnaires.
Legion wants to know: Who is
this man?
Story here...
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/
ap_alaska/story/8549755p-8443589c.html
Story below:
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Ketchikan American Legion post seeks
identity of man in painting
The Associated Press
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - American Legion Post 3 in Ketchikan is hoping
to identify the white-bearded man in an oil portrait found in the attic
of a home in Cave Junction, Ore.
The man in the painting is wearing a brown military-style cap bearing
the American Legion logo, the word "Ketchikan" and the numeral "3" in
bright yellow stitching.
The subject's brown eyes are bright and intense, focusing on something
high in the distance. An American Legion logo is visible on his brown
shirt collar beneath a tan Carhartt-style jacket.
"We'd like to find out who he is," said Joe Craig at the Ketchikan post.
The painting arrived at the post last year, sent by the woman who found
it, according to post commander Reg Galles.
"She bought this home and found this painting in the attic," Galles
said. "Had no idea who it was - who it is."
No one at the Ketchikan post knows, either.
Galles and Craig wonder whether the subject was once a member of the
post, which first opened in 1919.
"I'm suspecting first off it's got to be a (World War I) vet," Galles
said.
Post records have been examined and the painting has been displayed at
recent American Legion events. Post officials also have talked with a
lot of old timers.
There have been no hits so far, but there are some clues.
The painter signed and dated the work. "Myra Martin" and "77" can be
seen in the painting's right corner.
Also, the painting apparently was done as part of an art class. A card
attached to the frame gives the instructor's name as "Divine" and lists
the class as: "513.1-.5, Basic, Int., Adv. Oil Painting."
The figure $245 is written on the back of the canvas. But it's unclear
if the painting was ever sold, or how it arrived in the attic of the
house in Oregon.
"If we can find out who it is, a relative might want to have it," Galles
said. "We'd like to return it to its home."
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Information from: Ketchikan Daily News,
http://www.ketchikandailynews.com
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Larry Scott
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