Wednesday, December 10, 2014

1920s-1940s Autograph Album of Aletha Mae (Forton) Leeder of Antwerp, New York


1920s-1940s autograph album of Aletha Mae (Forton) Leeder of Antwerp, New York, before and after her marriage to Emmitt Leeder.  Below, Aletha with her mother and Aletha as an adult.

The entire album can be seen in a slide show at the end of this post.



One photograph is captioned "Dad".  He may have been Aletha's father Edward Julius Forton or her father-in-law Edward Delbert Leeder.


Aletha attended Oswego Normal School.  Several photographs show students at school and at lake outings.

Emmett, shown below in 1929, worked at the Borden Company at Antwerp, New York.  One photograph shows the Borden soft ball team of 1940.  Many photographs are captioned  "Del" or "Del and I", so it's possible that his  name was Emmett Delbert Leeder or that he took on the nickname of his father.



The album measures about 11-1/2" x 7" and is rather thick.  It contains photographs from New York and from other locations, presumably during Emmett's military service in North Carolina and Texas, and during family visits to Athens, Ontario,

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Although there are many photographs in the album, many more are missing.  I've included some of the captions of the missing photographs in order to give a fuller appreciation of the album.

Many people's photographs/names appear multiple times, as you would expect.

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  • Emile (multiple)
  • Charlie
  • Joe
  • Smithy
  • Marvin, in a photograph with Harold and Leo
  • Harold, in a photograph with Marvin and Leo
  • Leo, in a photograph with Marvin and Harold
  • Beryl, in a photograph with Thelma, Hilton and Harold
  • Thelma, in a photograph with Beryl, Hilton and Harold
  • Hilton, in a photograph with Beryl, Thelma and Harold
  • Harold, in a photograph with Beryl, Thelma and Hilton
  • Leo, in a photograph with George, Doris, Harold and Marvin
  • George, in a photograph with Leo, Doris, Harold and Marvin
  • Doris, in a photograph with Leo, George, Harold and Marvin
  • Harold, in a photograph with Leo, George, Doris and Marvin
  • Marvin, in a photograph with Leo, George, Doris and Harold
  • Jack, in a photograph with Red
  • Red, in a photograph with Jack
  • Anna, in a photograph with Jane.  The entire page is headed "Hubbard House Gang"
  • Jane, in a photograph with Anna.  The entire page is headed "Hubbard House Gang"
  • Clary, in a photograph with Earl.  The entire page is headed "Hubbard House Gang"
  • Earl, in a photograph with Clary.  The entire page is headed "Hubbard House Gang"
  • Ellen, in a photograph with Marjory
  • Marjory, in a photograph with Ellen
  • Dad, presumably Edward Juline Forton or Delbert Leeder
  • Albert
  • Red, in working togs, in a photograph with John
  • John, in working togs, in a photograph with Red
  • Albert
  • Morris, by himself and in a photograph with Edson
  • Edson, by himself and in a photograph with Morris
  • Caroline
  • Leone
  • Ferne
  • Al
  • Bill, at Athens, Ontario
  • Queen
  • Jack
  • Eddie
  • Dude
  • Mabel
  • Merle, by himself and in a photograph with Vera
  • Vera, in a photograph with Merle
  • Dorothy
  • Gertrude
  • Kay, alone and in photographs with Queen and with Ken
  • Ken, in a photograph with Kay
  • Gertrude, in a photograph with Mrs. Linder and Mrs. Henderson
  • Marguerite, in a photograph with the Keelers
  • Dot, in a photograph with George
  • George, in a photograph with Dot
  • Faculty at Theresa, New York
  • Bernice and Earl
  • Dot, George and Del
  • Black Lake
  • Mary and I.
  • Southern Pines, North Carolina
  • Harlingen, Texas
  • Mt. Vernon
  • Del and Parks
  • Helen and Parks
  • Elaine and Mary E, with a horse pulling them on a sledge (2 photos)
  • Helen and Grace
  • Deck and Parks
  • Helen and Parks
  • Borden's Soft Ball Team 1940
  • Fritz, in a photograph with some members of the Leeder family
  • Yost School, 1939
  • Star Lake, Deer Hunting, 1939
  • Enid and Wilson
  • Home 1940
  • Florence, Fritz, Don, Father, Del and I at Lake, July 4, 1939 - 17 fish
B
  • The Bell Boys (3 of them).  The entire page is headed "Hubbard House Gang"
  • Bell Family at Star Lake
  • Helen Bellinger, in a photograph with Marion Bruce
  • Ray Bradley and his Orchestra
  • John Brehm
  • Gerald Brook, in a photograph with Leo Ryan
  • Marion Bruce, in a photograph with Helen Bellinger
C
  • The Calllin family
  • Ray Coe
  • Albert Cousins
D
  • Grace Daab
  • Harold Davis
  • Dodge couple at Cincinatus
  • Eddie Duvall
F
  • Aletha Mae (Forton) Leeder; album owner
  • Mother, in a photograph with Adaline and Grandma; presumably Julia (Sterling) Forton, her sister Adeline and their mother Florence Olive (Mayhew) Sterling
  • "Home Sweet Home"
  • Dad, presumably Aletha's father Edward Julius Forton or father-in-law Delbert Leeder
G
  • Bobbie Gleason
  • Miss Gorton, Dietician
H
  • Prott or Prof. Hayden and wife
  • Mrs. Henderson, in a photograph with Mrs. Linder and Gertrude
  • Hyde's Orchestra
K
  • The Keelers, in a photograph with Marguerite
  • Carlton Knight, Penna.
L
  • Carol Lee
  • Aletha Mae (Forton) Leeder; album owner
  • Family at Athens, Canada, presumably Athens, Ontario
  • Del
  • Some members of the Leeder family, with Fritz
  • Mrs. Linder, in a photograph with Mrs. Henderson and Gertrude
M
  • The McDonalds
  • Mary E. McDonald
  • Paul McDonald, with a foal
  • M. Mitt
P
  • Joe P.
  • Eddie Piscula of Detroit
  • Jane and Don Putnam
R
  • Dorothy and George Reneau of Dallas, Texas
  • Frank Russell
  • Leo Ryan, in a photograph with Gerald Brook
S
  • The Stevenson family - 2 people
T
  • Mary Temple from Oklahoma
W
  • Margaret and Bob Wood
Y
  • Daryl Young


Antwerp, New York


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