Photo and Document Archives: Artifacts and Documents

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Club Grounds

This archive contains photographs of the Middle Bass Club including the original Club House, Club Member cottages, the Club Boat House and docks, the “new” Club House, the Chapel and Rehberg Hall (which is located just outside of the Middle Bass Club but it is where Club Members socialized).  We attempted to list the photographs in chronological order; at the end there are a few current photographs of the Middle Bass Club from the Historical Essay.  This “original post” of the archive is dated: July 2021; the date of additions to this archive will be noted here so viewers can check for new content. 

Sub-collections: Club House -- Boat House and Dock -- Chapel -- Club House -- Rehberg Hall -- Cottages -- Other Club Ground Photos -- Recent Photographs

Club House

 

Image descriptions

1. Middle Bass Club House (Original). Built in 1874. Picture was taken mid 1870's after an addition was added. Later this was called "Club Cottage" and moved to William Rehberg's Lots 36 & 37 to house "overflow" Club Members and Guests.
2. Middle Bass Club House. Architect E.O. Fallis. Second Club House, built in 1882
3. Middle Bass Club House, note the beautiful porch
4. Middle Bass Club House showing members in rocking chairs enjoying the lake breeze on the lawn. Source: Lisa Fine Collection
5. Middle Bass Club House with members standing on Grove Avenue. Picture is taken from the Boat House looking north. Source: Lisa Fine Collection
6. Middle Bass Club House, after 1881
7. Middle Bass Club House, after 1881
8. Middle Bass Club House and Cottages. Winter view
9. Middle Bass Club House. Reception Desk and Lounge. Note the gas chandeliers and staircase to rooms all of which faced Lake Erie. Members and their guests had to sign in on a Guest Registry book when entering the Middle Bass Club.
10. Middle Bass Club House. Main Lounge. Note the love seats that face opposite ways which allowed for private conversations.
11. Middle Bass Club House. Main Lounge
12. Interior of Middle Bass Club House

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Boat House and Dock

 

Image descriptions

1. Middle Bass Club Boat House. Circa 1875.
2. Middle Bass Club Boat House with a Band Pavilion on top. View from Lake Erie looking north, water tower and Club House are in the background.
3. Middle Bass Boat House and Bandstand. Picture looking west toward the Club "Park"
4. Middle Bass Boat House and cottages along Lake Avenue. Ca. 1882
5. Middle Bass Club Dock, Club House and Member Cottages
6. Members on the Middle Bass Club dock. Ca. 1885
7. Middle Bass Club Dock
8. Johnston's Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio. They played during the summer at the Middle Bass Club from 1900 to 1914
9. Middle Bass Club dock, circa 1908. Source: T Ewing Miller Family
10. Middle Bass Club Dock, circa 1916
11. Middle Bass Club Dock, circa 1940s. Courtesy of Judie Bahney
12. Middle Bass Club House. Circa 1940. Source: Dr. Martin Taliak Collection

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Chapel

 

Image descriptions

1. Middle Bass Chapel, Architect: E.O. Fallis. Located in William Rehberg's 2nd Addition, Lot 45. Dedicated on July 4, 1882 with the first church service held on July 8, 1882. From the Chapel Committee records book: "The need of a Chapel, on Middle Bass Island having been recognized by many members of the Middle Bass Club, a meeting of persons interested in the erection of such a building, to be used for religious and literary purposes - was held at the cottage of Mrs. D. H. Mears on the 10th day of August - 1881..."
2. Middle Bass Club Guest Register entry: August 29, 1903
3. Middle Bass Club Guest Register entry: July 17, 1904
4. Middle Bass Club Guest Register entry: July 27, 1901
5. Middle Bass Club Guest Register Book Entry: July 30,1901
6. Middle Bass Club Guest Register entry: July 8, 1899
7. Middle Bass Club Guest Register entry: September 9. 1903. Two pages showing entries from September 5 through 11
8. Rev. Edward Robert Atwill. Source: Find A Grave
9. Rev. Dr. William Budd Bodine, Source: Kenyon College Library, Gambier, Ohio
10. Olive Colton, Toledo 1894. Lisa Fine Personal Collection
11. Rev. Frederic Beal Duval. Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 15 May 1928, p. 26)
12. Rev. Daniel Moses Fisk, Toledo, Ohio, Age 45. Source: The Evolution of a School Master autobiography part 2, 1872-1899, p. 9
13. 1899 Middle Bass Club Guest Register book
14. Portrait and photos of Rev. Emory W. Hunt from 1910 and 1913 (multiple photos). Source: Denison University Archives & Special Collections
15. Middle Bass Club Chapel Library Book (multiple pages).  Taliak Family Personal Collection. Photo by Marie Demer Rader, Summer 2021
16. Brown-Hafer Marriage Certificate. Source: Ancestry
17. Middle Bass Chapel Association Records Book from the Taliak Family Personal Collection (multiple pages).  Photo by Marie Demer Rader, Summer 2021
18. Alfred George Robyn, Portrait
19. Rev. Charles Scadding Source: Wikipedia
20. Rev. Anson Smythe. Source: Cleveland Public Library, Gift of Ralph Eddy Chapman. Circa 1888.
21. Rev. (and later Bishop) Wilson Reiff Stearly with his children, Source: Find a Grave
22. Portraits and a photo of Professor Charles L. Williams (multiple photos). Source: Denison University Archives & Special Collections
23. Rev. William Wallace Williams, Pastor First Congregational Church of Toledo, Ohio Source: The Evolution of a School Master autobiography part 2, 1872-1899, p. 85
24. Rev. Thaddeus L. Wiltsee. Circa 1873. Source: Beeghly Library, Ohio Wesleyan University
25. “Count” William Rehberg Portrait. Photo taken by Marie Demer Rader, Summer 2021

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Rehberg Hall

 

Image descriptions:

1. Rehberg's Hall, circa 1891. Built by William "Count" Rehberg who sold the land to the Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association. Rehberg Hall is just east of the Middle Bass Club grounds and it's where Club members socialized.
2. Rehberg Hall. Interior bar.
3. Interior of Rehberg Hall, bar is to the right and stage is to the left. Ca. 1891
4. Stage and "cast" at Rehberg Hall. Ca. 1891

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Cottages

 

Image descriptions:

1. Middle Bass Club House (Original) and first cottages. Southern end of Grape Avenue with Original Club House from 1874 with outbuildings on right side.
2. Middle Bass Club: Berdan Cottage on the corner of Rehberg Avenue and Grape Avenue. William Henry Harrison and the Berdan Family are on the front porch. Rutherford B. Hayes may also be there?
3. Member cottages along Lake Avenue and Grape Avenue. Photo taken before 1881 (ca. 1879) when the first cottage was moved from Grove Avenue to Grape Avenue.
4. Middle Bass Club cottages around 1881 along Grove Avenue. Note the new Club House is built but the original Isherwood cottage has not been moved from Grove Avenue to Grape Avenue. Source: Dr. Taliak Personal Collection
5. Middle Bass Club cottages along Lake Avenue.
6. Middle Bass Club Cottages. Corner of Toledo Avenue and Grove Avenue.
7. Middle Bass Club Member cottages. Along Grape Avenue?
8. Middle Bass Club Member cottages. Along Grape Avenue?
9. Middle Bass Club: Cottages on the corner of Rehberg Avenue and Grape Avenue. The 2 cottages on the right side on Rehberg Avenue belonged to the Berdan families.
10. Middle Bass Club.  Ca. 1893
11. Middle Bass Club cottage and smaller Boat House on north side of Grape Avenue. Photo taken before 1898 (ca. 1895)
12. View of Middle Bass Club lawn tennis court (between Rehberg Avenue and Toledo Avenue on Grove Avenue) and the rebuilding of a Berdan cottage.
13. Middle Bass Club: Lawn tennis courts, approx. 1905? Negative appears to be flipped based on the location of the cottages and courts according to the 1905 Sanford Fire Map.
14. Middle Bass Club: Rodgers Cottage which burned in 1909. It was located on Rehberg's original lot 3 on the corner of Lake Avenue & Grape Avenue. Courtesy of Judy Behney
15. Middle Bass Club: Rodgers Cottage which burned in 1909. It was located on Rehberg's original lot 3 on the corner of Lake Avenue & Grape Avenue. Courtesy of Judy Behney
16. Middle Bass Club: Rodgers Cottage which burned on September 2, 1909. It was located on Rehberg's original lot 3 on the corner of Lake Avenue & Grape Avenue. Courtesy of Judy Behney
17. Middle Bass Club: Fire destroys a cottage in 1909. Looking on Lake Avenue.
18. Middle Bass Club cottage fire. Source: Lisa Fine Collection
19. Middle Bass Club showing remnants of a cottage that burned. Circa 1909
20. Middle Bass Club's dock and member cottages. After 1909.
21. Middle Bass Club Grounds: Lawn Tennis Court, circa 1915. The street is Grove Avenue.
22. Suydam cottage located on Grove Avenue across from the Club House, 1920s. Source: Carroll Terry Personal Collection

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Other Club Ground Photos

Image descriptions:

1. Middle Bass Club Grounds: Outbuildings and Club House. Ca. 1891
2. Middle Bass Club Grounds: Water Tower and Pump House, after 1900

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Recent Photographs

Recently taken photographs by Marie Rader (2021)

 

Image descriptions:

1. First Middle Bass Club Cottage, as it looks today in 2021. Photograph by Marie Rader
2. Middle Bass Club House foundation pieces in the Grove in 2021. Photograph by Marie Rader
3. Original Middle Bass Club Dock sections, as seen in 2021. Photograph by Marie Rader
4. Middle Bass Club Dock and Sea Wall pieces, as seen in 2021. Photograph by Marie Rader
5. Middle Bass Club Dock and Sea Wall pieces, as seen in 2021. Photograph by Marie Rader
6. Middle Bass Club cottage walkway where the house was either burned or torn down in 2021
7. Middle Bass Club’s Pump House in 2021
8. Sunset View from the Middle Bass Club’s Grove, 2021. Photograph by Marie Rader
9. Entrance to the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
10. Entrance to the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
11. Wine barrel at the entrance to the restored Rehberg Wine Cellar which was originally built in 1865 and restored by Henry M. Barr in 1990. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
12. Smaller gas chandelier at the entrance of the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
13. Steps down into the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
14. Interior view of the Rehberg Wine Cellar, looking at the back wall from the entrance stairs. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
15. Interior view of the Rehberg Wine Cellar, showing the back of the cellar, chandelier and windows. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
16. One of two identical gas chandeliers hanging in the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
17. Interior view of the Rehberg Wine Cellar floor. Perhaps the blocks were used to hold the barrels of wine? Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
18. Window in the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
19. Interior view of the Rehberg Wine Cellar, showing a cutout on the side of the cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
20. Gas(?) fixture located on the back wall of the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
21. Interior view of the Rehberg Wine Cellar, looking from the back toward the front stairs. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian
22. Vintage wine bottles located in the Rehberg Wine Cellar. Source: Jamie & Kris Hovsepian

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Maps

This archive contains Middle Bass Island and Middle Bass Club maps from 1863 to 1905.  The Sanford Fire Maps provide detail about the size and location of the Club House, Boat House, and Member cottages.  This “original post” of the archive is dated: July 2021; the date of additions to this archive will be noted here so viewers can check for new content.

Image descriptions

1. 1863 Map of Erie & part of Ottawa Counties, Ohio, Library of Congress.
2. 1863 Map of Erie & part of Ottawa Counties, Ohio, Library of Congress: Focus on the 3 Bass Islands: North Bass, Middle Bass and South Bass.
3. 1863 Map of Erie & part of Ottawa Counties, Ohio, Library of Congress: Focus on Middle Bass Island and west end of the island owned by William Rehberg. William Rehberg sold land to the Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association and to its members to build cottages.
4. Plat and description of land sold by William Rehberg to members of the Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association. Original Subdivision with lots 1-21. August 1874. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office, Digitized by Laura Reitz
5. Plat and description of land sold by William Rehberg to members of the Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association. 1st Addition with lots 22-38. November 1877. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office, Digitized by Laura Reitz
6. Plat and description of land sold by William Rehberg to members of the Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association and the owners of the lots. Recorded 1880. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office, Digitized by Laura Reitz
7. Plat of waterly part of Lot '4'. Rehberg's Subdivision of said lot to Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association including lots 1 to 50. December 1881. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office, Digitized by Laura Reitz
8. 1893 Sanford Fire Map, image 37, Library of Congress. Middle Bass Island: Middle Bass Club, Rehberg Hall & Golden Eagle Wineries, A Wehrle & Son.
   A blown up version of the 1893 Sanford Fire Map focusing on the Club House, Library of Congress. Middle Bass Island: Middle Bass Club, Rehberg Hall & Golden Eagle Wineries, A Wehrle & Son.
9. 1893 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress. Image is enlarged to showcase the Middle Bass Club House.
10. 1893 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress. Rehberg Hall located just east of the Middle Bass Club. This is where Middle Bass Club members socialized and watched tennis.
11. 1893 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress. Wineries on Middle Bass Island- Golden Eagle Wine Cellars, A Wehrle & Son.
12. Plat of the Middle Bass Club, Approx. 1898-1904. Source: Dr. Martin Taliak Collection
13. Plat of the Middle Bass Club showing cottages and their owners at the time, circa 1899, Source: Dr. Taliak Personal Collection, Digitized by Laura Reitz
14. Plat of the William Rehberg subdivisions in the Middle Bass Club including lots 1 to 55. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office, Digitized by Laura Reitz
15. 1905 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress. Image 74 showcasing Middle Bass Island.
16. 1905 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress: The south section of the Middle Bass Club focusing on Grove Avenue and Grape Avenue south of Toledo Avenue.  Note the two club docks and lack of a Middle Bass Club Boat Houser and Club House.
17. 1905 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress: The middle section of the Middle Bass Club focusing on Toledo Avenue and Rehburg Avenue. Note the lawn tennis courts.
18. 1905 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress: The north section of the Middle Bass Club focusing on Grove Avenue and Grape Avenue north of Rehburg Avenue.
19. 1905 Sanford Fire Map, Library of Congress: The grove of the Middle Bass Club, showing a Row Boat Storage shed and the former Steam Laundry facility as well as the Dunn Duplex and Mathews System.
20. Maps of the Middle Bass Club with ground penetrating radar survey results and the 1893 Sanborn Fire Insurance map situated on a 2017 aerial photograph created by Dr. Jarrod Burks who is a member of the Middle Bass Club.
21. Maps of the Middle Bass Club with ground penetrating radar survey results and the 1893 Sanborn Fire Insurance map situated on a 2017 aerial photograph created by Dr. Jarrod Burks who is a member of the Middle Bass Club.
22. Maps of the Middle Bass Club with ground penetrating radar survey results and the 1893 Sanborn Fire Insurance map situated on a 2017 aerial photograph created by Dr. Jarrod Burks who is a member of the Middle Bass Club.

Artifacts

This archive contains photographs of artifacts from Middle Bass. This “original post” of the archive is dated September 2021; the date of additions to this archive will be noted here so viewers can check for new content.

Image descriptions

1. Tag from a wooden crate found at his Middle Bass Club cottage. The wooden crate came from Lake Shore Foundry in Cleveland, Ohio via steamer to Middle Bass Island addressed to Middle Bass Club member Clarence Elisha Burke. Circa 1890. Clarence Elisha Burke was a Middle Bass Club member from 1890 to 1907. He owned a cottage on Grove Avenue. Source: Marie Demer Rader
2. Writing found on a Middle Bass Club Grove Avenue cottage wall, 1890. Cottage owners: Clarence Elisha Burke & Maria Sanford Hayward Burke of Cleveland, Ohio. Source: Marie Demer Rader
3. Writing found on a Middle Bass Club Grove Avenue cottage wall, 1925. Cottage owners: William K Terry Sr & Helen Wright Suydam Terry of Toledo, Ohio. Source: Marie Demer Rader
4. Button recovered from the site of the Middle Bass Club House in 2022. Source: Tom Michael
5. Chapel Glass (i.e., remnants of stained glass windows from the Middle Bass Club Chapel) collected by the Demer, Grosser, Michael and Rader families.  Photo taken by Marie Demer Rader, Summer 2021
6. Middle Bass Club House china and spoon. Source: Wikel Family Personal Collection
7. Middle Bass Club House china and spoon. Source: Wikel Family Personal Collection
8. Middle Bass Club House china and spoon. Source: Wikel Family Personal Collection
9. Cufflink recovered from the site of the Middle Bass Club House in 2022. Source: Tom Michael
10. "Antique Stereoscope and photograph of "Future" President Taft on the Middle Bass Club dock. August 1908. Source: The Daniel Family
11. Antique Stereoscope and photograph of "Future" President Taft on the Middle Bass Club dock. August 1908. Source: The Daniel Family
12. Antique Stereoscope and photograph of "Future" President Taft on the Middle Bass Club dock. August 1908. Source: The Daniel Family
13. Flooring that was saved from the Middle Bass Club House and/or Rehberg Hall. Source: Paul Aquilla
14. Flooring that was saved from the Middle Bass Club House and/or Rehberg Hall. Source: Paul Aquilla
15. Three views of a fork used at the Middle Bass Club house. Fork is stamped on the front with "Club House" (shown closer on the right) and was made by the Derby Silver Company which was founded in 1872 in Shelton, Connecticut.
16. The pattern is "The Derby" pattern (shown closer in the middle) which was patented in 1878 The Derby Silver Company had showrooms in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco during that time. Source: Tom & Jenny Michael
17. Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
18. Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
19. Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
20. Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
21. Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
22. Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
23. Recovered from the site of the Middle Bass Club House in 2022. Source: Tom Michael
24. “Count” William Rehberg Portrait. Photo taken by Marie Demer Rader, Summer 2021
25. Coins and toy train artifacts discovered on Club grounds in 2021. Source: Tom Michael

Postcards

Image descriptions

1. Toledo Club (Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association) and Rehberg's Vineyards and Hall on Middle Bass Island, circa. 1882.
2. Postcard of the Middle Bass Boat House and dock with the Club house in the background and outbuildings (water tower, pump house) to the west, ca. 1892. Source: Lisa Fine Collection
3. Middle Bass Club Postcard, circa 1900.
4. Middle Bass Club Postcard, 1906.
5. Postcard addressed to Miss Florence Blattner, Middle Bass Club, Middle Bass Island, Ohio, showing the Steamer Toronto on Lake Erie.  It was stamped July 31, 1907 in Rochester, N.Y. and stamped REC'D Aug 12' M 1907 MID OHIO. Florence Blattner was most likely a "domestic" employed by the Middle Bass Club. in 1904, Florence Blattner was a domestic at The Hotel Monticello in Toledo and in 1910 she was a waiter at The Hotel Monticello. Source: Marie Rader
6. Middle Bass Club postcard of member cottages, circa 1910.

 

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Documents (PDF*)

Documents continued: Deeds -- Letters -- Newspaper Articles

This archive contains Toledo and Lake Erie Boating & Fishing Association and Middle Bass Club official documents such as the Articles of Association, List of Members, Articles of Incorporation, Club House Rules, etc, arranged chronologically (from oldest to latest) by the date on the documents.  Also included are membership cards, party invitations, excerpts from the Club House Register (which all Members & Guests had to sign in order to enter the Middle Bass Club.)  Wall inscriptions from a cottage are also included.  This “original post” of the archive is dated: July 2021; the date of additions to this archive will be noted here so viewers can check for new content. If you have photographs to add, please contact Marie Demer Rader at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Year	Description and document link
1875	Toledo and Lake Erie Boating & Fishing Association 1875 Membership Card for James Clark. Matthew Shoemaker, President, Leander Burdick, Treasurer.  [View]
	Toledo & Lake Erie Boating & Fishing Association announcement for a Pleasure Excursion Social Party on Saturday, July 24th, 1875. [View]
1877	List of Officers and Articles of Association of the Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association, 1877-78 [View]
	List of Officers and Articles of Association of the Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association, 1877-78 (transcription) [View]
	Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association, List of Members, 1877 (transcription) [View]
1880	Article of Incorporation, March 5, 1880. Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association. [View]
1881	Middle Bass Club Membership List, 1881 [View]
	Middle Bass Chapel Association Records Book, 1881-1910 (transcription) [View]
1882	Chronological listing of ministers at the Middle Bass Club Chapel, 1882-1912 [View]
	1882 Middle Bass Club Member Cottages [View]
	1882 Club House "ticket" from A. F. Rutherford, Supt. [View]
1883	Invitation to Dinner, Supper and Dancing at Middle Bass, Circa 1880s. Tickets were sold at L. S. Baumgardner & Co. and J. O. Reed's companies in Toledo. [View]
1892	Toledo & Lake Erie Boating & Fishing Association, Fishing Log.   1892 catches for members Edward E. Dwight, Jethro G. Mitchell, Francis Pilgrim Isherwood, Burt Baker, James Clark and Willis Bixby. [View]
1895	Club House Rules and Regulations of the Middle Bass Club, 1895 [View]
1899	Club House Ledger: Wednesday, May 10, 1899. Note President Grover Cleveland, R. D. Evans and John Uri Lloyd were guests of Middle Bass Club member LeRoy Brooks. [View]
	Club House Ledger: Saturday, July 15, 1899. Note the Toledo Member family names: Baker, Shaw, Gosline, Kelsey, Holbrook, Cone, Berdan, Frost, Walbridge & Cummings. [View]
1900	Club House Ledger: Thursday, July 19, 1900. Note the Toledo Member family names: Lewis, Doyle, Scribner, Stoddard, Gosline, Kelsey, Lewis, Wilcox, Rowland, Backus, Holbrook, Walbridge, Robison, Berdan and Geddes. [View]
	Club House Ledger: Saturday, August 18, 1900. Note the Toledo Member family names: Bell, Suydam, Colburn, Simmons, Backus, Lemmon, Berdan, Cone, Shaw, Woolson, Geddes, Dwight, Rowland, Coffroth, Rodgers, Colburn and Kelsey. [View]
	Club House Ledger: Wednesday, August 29, 1900. Note the Toledo Member family names: Baumgardner, Rodgers, Baker, Kelsey, Colburn, Lewis, Berdan, Baker, Poe, Holbrook, Nettleton, Shaw and Rowland. [View]
	Club House Ledger: Saturday, September 22, 1900. Note the Toledo Member family names: Brown, Baumgardner, Berdan, Marvin, Kelsey, Rodgers, Isherwood, Reynolds, Young, Shoemaker, Woolson and Bell. [View]
1901	Toledo & Lake Erie Boating & Fishing Association. Fishing Log of May 10 & 11, 1901. Note "ex-President Grover Cleveland's" catch. [View]
	1901 Middle Bass Club Membership Certificate for Walter Folger Brown. Source: Brown Hafer Family [View]
1902	Middle Bass Club Sunday, August 24, 1902 - Johnston's Orchestra Program [View]
1903	Middle Bass Club Sunday, August 16, 1903 - Johnston's Orchestra Program [View]
1907	Middle Bass Club House Menu for July 4, 1907 [View]
1908	Toledo & Lake Erie Boating & Fishing Association, Fishing Log, last entry in 1908. 1905 catches for members Albert T. Colburn and James Brown Bell and 1907 catches for member Clarence Elisha Burke and family. [View]
	William Howard Taft and family visited to the Middle Bass Club on August 31, 1908. The Middle Bass Club House Guest Register book contains the signatures of future President Taft and his son, Master Charles P. Taft. The family stayed in a cottage on Grape Avenue that exists today and is owned by the FitzGerald family. William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4, 1909. One of the photos indicates that Mr. Taft was campaigning while at the Middle Bass Club. Other photos show Taft in the company of his wife, Helen, strolling down Lake Avenue, and his children. Source: Cumberworth, Fine & Taliak Personal Collections [View]
1911	Middle Bass Club Guestbook: Signature "graffiti," Aug. 28, 1911 [View]
1912	Middle Bass Club Guestbook: Signature "graffiti," 1910-1912 [View]
	Middle Bass Club Guestbook: Signature "graffiti," July 4, 1912. [View]

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Deeds

Year	Description and document link
1874	1874 property deed from William Rehberg to Francis Pilgrim Isherwood. Included are th deeds where Francis Pilgrim Isherwood sells them to fellow Middle Bass Club members to build cottages. Source: Ottowa County Recorders Office [View]
	1874 property deed for Rehberg lot 6. Source: Ottowa County Recorders Office [View]
1875	1875 property deed for Rehberg lot 21. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1876	1876 property deed for Rehberg lot 13. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1878	1878 property deed for Rehberg lot 14. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1879	1879 property deed for Rehberg lot 55. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1880	1880 property deed for the Grove. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1881	1881 property deed for the Grove. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
	1881 property deeds for Rehberg lots 37 and 38. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1882	1882 property deeds for Rehberg lots 28 and 29. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
	1882 property deeds for Rehberg lots 41 and 42. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
	1882 property deed for Rehberg Lot 45, Chapel, deed between William & Louise Rehberg and the Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1886	1886 property deeds for Rehberg lots 28 and 29. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1889	1889 property deed for Rehberg lots 25. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
	1889 property deed for Rehberg lot 26. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1893	1893 property deed for Rehberg lots 43 & 44. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1894	1894 property deed for Rehberg lot 55. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1896	1896 property deeds for Rehberg lots 51, 52 and 53. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1906	1906 property deeds for Rehberg lots 51, 52 & 53. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1911	1911 property deed for Rehberg lot 55. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]
1922	1922 property deeds for Rehberg lots 48, 49 and 50. Source: Ottawa County Recorders Office [View]

 

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Letters

Year	Description and document link
189?	Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association letterhead, 1890s [View]
1893	Middle Bass Club letter from Supt. A. F. Rutherford to member James Clark. June 20, 1894. Source: Ohio Genealogy Express. [View]
1894	Letter from J. M. Rauch to Middle Bass Club regarding the upcoming 1915 season. [View]
1915	Letter dated January 21, 1893 from Herman D. Rehberg to Middle Bass Club member Alvin Mansfield Woolson. Source: Jack Snyder Personal Collection [View]

 

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Newspaper Articles

Year	Description and document link
1898	At Middle Bass Island: Glorious celebration of the Fourth by the Club.   Patriotic address by Rev. Kelsey--Destiny of America -- Little Folks Contest for Prizes.  Blade, July 5, 1898. Microfilm copy [View], Transcription [View]
936	Put In Bay Gazette article, "Exclusive Club at Middle Bass Opened." July 3, 1936. [View]

 

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