Several men and women were on a small boat near
Meigs Street in Sandusky on September 20, 1908. The picture was entitled
“Bouncing Owl Club.” What this club was and who its members were is unknown. In the background,
the city water works plant is
visible. (It appears that the water works plant was having some work done to
the roof.) At this time, Theodore Roosevelt was nearing the end of his term as President of the United States. Sandusky had almost 20,000 residents, while Perkins was home to about 3500 people. Looking at
the microfilmed copy of the Sandusky
Register for September 20, 1908, the weather was fair on this date. The new
Herb and Myers store announced its
grand opening, and both Jessie Meenan and Carrie Freyensee advertised that
their stores had recently received shipments of their new fall hats. Baseball
games were being played at League Park, and members of the Shamrocks Baseball
Club were going on an excursion to Leamington, Canada.
But we don't know anything about the Bouncing Owl Club. Do you?
I have two photos of a group of well dressed young adults taken probably in the first or second decade of the 1900s with "The Owls" written on the photos. Three of the individuals are identified. I can't readily identify them in your photo of the "Bouncing Owls Club".
ReplyDeleteIn the Sandusky Register dated Feb. 3, 1921, there is a mention of the Order of Owls No. 1723, which appears to have been a fraternal organization similar to the Moose or the Eagles. Perhaps the "Bouncing Owl Club" was a predecessor of the Order of Owls in Sandusky.
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