Old Economy Village - Archives

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  • Subject = furniture
  • Date = ca 1917-18

About This Collection

The Harmonists, a Christian Communal society, founded Old Economy Village in 1824. They were known for their piety, as well as for their economic successes in textile manufacturing, including silk production, and later in the oil and railroad industries. Old Economy Village in Ambridge, PA is the home of a great deal of information about the Harmony Society and life in general in the nineteenth century. Major topics covered by the archives and library include music, architecture, religion, business, photographs, and more.

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Hired worker, Photograph, Old timer, furniture
Mary Malinda (Turner) Breitestein standing in the doorway of her home at 1616 Ohio View (French Point) with her grandson John Morrison. A chair is also seen.