In 1998, Tami Ebbets Hahn, a resident of Wilmington, North Carolina, noticed a poster of the image and speculated that it was one of her father's (Charles C. Ebbets; 1905–1978) photographs. In 2003, she contacted Johnston.
In 1998, Tami Ebbets Hahn, a resident of Wilmington, North Carolina, observed a poster featuring the image and suspected it to be one of her father's (Charles C. Ebbets; 1905–1978) photographs. She contacted Johnston in 2003.