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The photo reproduced from a negative found by Kim Lyonnais within a wall in the former Frontier Too Tavern, which is under renovation, is one of the portraits not chosen by Mr. and Mrs. George H. Douglas, pictured in the pose that was chosen over others.
DAYTON–Debbie Seney recognized her father and his family immediately from the front page of the Dayton Chronicle last week.
The family of four in the photo, recovered from within a wall of the building at 211 E. Main Street, is Seney's grandparents, George Henry Douglas and Isabelle (Banks) Douglas; her aunt Sally Douglas McHargue, and her father, Ronald G. Douglas.
This photo printed in last week's newspaper was apparently one of the poses rejected by the family as Seney has a similar photo in a different pose among her family keepsakes.
Her grandfather George died in 1960 at age 52, and grandmother Isabelle lived to age 81, passing away in 1987. Aunt Sally McHargue passed away in October, 2000, Seney said, and her father, Ron, died in November of 2007.
Seney looked closely at the accompanying Godard's Studio photo on last week's front page, and confirmed that the subject wasn't a member of her clan.
The negatives were among several recovered during restoration work by Kim Lyonnais and Blaine Bickelhaupt.
