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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.
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Button recovered from the site of the Middle Bass Club House in 2022. Source: Tom Michael
- 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
- Middle Bass Club House china and spoon. Source: Wikel Family Personal Collection
- Middle Bass Club House china and spoon. Source: Wikel Family Personal Collection
- Middle Bass Club House china and spoon. Source: Wikel Family Personal Collection
- Cufflink recovered from the site of the Middle Bass Club House in 2022. Source: Tom Michael
- "Antique Stereoscope and photograph of "Future" President Taft on the Middle Bass Club dock. August 1908. Source: The Daniel Family
- Antique Stereoscope and photograph of "Future" President Taft on the Middle Bass Club dock. August 1908. Source: The Daniel Family
- Antique Stereoscope and photograph of "Future" President Taft on the Middle Bass Club dock. August 1908. Source: The Daniel Family
- Flooring that was saved from the Middle Bass Club House and/or Rehberg Hall. Source: Paul Aquilla
- Flooring that was saved from the Middle Bass Club House and/or Rehberg Hall. Source: Paul Aquilla
- 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.
- 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
- Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
- Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
- Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
- Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
- Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
- Series of original gas lights that have been converted to electric inside a Middle Bass Club cottage. Source: Dobney Family Personal Collection
- Recovered from the site of the Middle Bass Club House in 2022. Source: Tom Michael
- “Count” William Rehberg Portrait. Photo taken by Marie Demer Rader, Summer 2021
- Coins and toy train artifacts discovered on Club grounds in 2021. Source: Tom Michael
Postcards
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- Toledo Club (Toledo and Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Association) and Rehberg's Vineyards and Hall on Middle Bass Island, circa. 1882.
- 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
- Middle Bass Club Postcard, circa 1900.
- Middle Bass Club Postcard, 1906.
- 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
- Middle Bass Club postcard of member cottages, circa 1910.