Volume 12 , Issue 28

Carmen IOOF Home Old Photo

Some one requested some information and photos of the Carmen IOOF Children Home, that was located just North of Carmen, Alfalfa county, Oklahoma. So we did a search of our OkieLegacy database and found the following information.

Clyde Stevenson (Email: clydedean@bigplant.com) sent us some photos awhile back with the following information and stated, "My dad (Edmund Stevenson) was at IOOF home in Carmen, date of admission December 25, 1907.

He had three sisters and one brother in Carmen. Chole Stevenson buried at the (IOOF) Cemetery is my Aunt (Chole Nellie Stevenson). clyde also has pictures of this Home in a booklet that they made. Some taken inside with the childern and the people that run the home.

Here is a photo (shown above, left) that Clyde sent us of the Stevenson children when they were taken into the Carmen IOOF Home, North of Carmen, Oklahoma. They are listed left to right: Gertrude, Chole, Betsy, Earl and Edmond Stevenson.

Here are more photos at the Carmen IOOF Children Home: old cook stove photo that Clyde sent us awhile back. Clyde says, "There are no names in the book and my dad passed away in 1970."

More Photos at the Carmen Orphanage North of Carmen, Oklahoma: Dining at Carmen Home/a> - Children at the Carmen Home/a - Lady in Charge - More children at Carmen Home - Children posing on stairs at Carmen Orphanage - Children on the front porch - Lady in Carmen office.

Notice the hemlines of the ladies in charge. They were dark skirts that reached to the floor; the puffy, long-sleeved blouses that were buttoned up to the neck. If I am correct, I would date these ladies garments back to the late teens before or around the first world war.   |  View or Add Comments (2 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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