Old Economy Village - Archives

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  • Location Covered = Economy, PA

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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14th Street aka Lover's Lane Postcard
14th Street aka Lover's Lane Postcard
Postcard, Photograph, street
Printed on the bottom: Lovers Lane, Economy now Ambridge, Pa.
14th Street aka Lover's Lane Postcard
14th Street aka Lover's Lane Postcard
Postcard, street, Photograph
AKA 14th Street; Apple Alley (lane is lined with apple trees)
14th Street from Ohio View
14th Street from Ohio View
Postcard, Photograph, building
Looking down 14th Street from Ohio View Shows Baker House, Store, Mechanics Building and Feast Hall
1924 Centennial
1924 Centennial
building, Photograph, people, Historic cloth, historic clothing
Women in historic clothing. Ernestine Ott May is kneeling in front. Others unidentified. Rapp House in background.
Baker House
Baker House
building, Photograph, Postcard
Baker House with 3 unidentified people This is a post card version of # 0007. Printed on card: Typical Economite House. Still to be seen at Economy, now Ambridge, Pa. Figure in the center an Economite in her custom. The Economite House had no front door.
Barbara Bosch
Barbara Bosch
Harmony Society member, Photograph
Seated on a porch. Born 1816, joined 2857, died 1905.
Barbara Bosch and Elizabeth ____
Barbara Bosch and Elizabeth ____
Postcard, Photograph, Harmony Society member
Barbara Bosch (On the Left) and Elizabeth Unknown
Cannon on Ohio View - flour mill in background
Cannon on Ohio View - flour mill in background
street, Photograph, building
On front: New Ohio View Avenue
Church at Economy, Pa - postcard
Church at Economy, Pa - postcard
building, Photograph, Postcard
Postcard
Church from left 1924
Church from left 1924
building, Photograph
Church 1924 Also shows several unidentified people and a dog
Church - Postcard
Church - Postcard
building, Photograph
Drawing of the church, very similar to the two postcards (0072 and 0073), but slightly different view (no trees on side of church)
Church Postcard
Church Postcard
building, Photograph, Postcard
On front: Old meeting house--Economy, PA. On back: Postcard. Authorized by Act of Congress of May 19, 1898.
Church - Postcard - Drawing
Church - Postcard - Drawing
building, Photograph
Postcard, made in Germany; Economy, PA (Written in German and English) Deusche Ev. St. Johannes Kirke. Old Economite Church, erected by Father Rapp in 1825. Postcard is a drawing, not a photograph
Church Steeple and edge of a house 1924
Church Steeple and edge of a house 1924
building, Photograph, Postcard
Used in 1924 Centennial Souvenir Program. Written on front: June 7, 1924
Church Steeple - Postcard
Church Steeple - Postcard
building, Photograph, Postcard
Printed on front: The Economite Church Ambridge, PA
Cotton and Flour Mills - Postcard
Cotton and Flour Mills - Postcard
building, Photograph, Postcard
Cotton and Flour Mills on a postcard
Economy, Fields - Postcard
Economy, Fields - Postcard
field, Photograph
Typed on front: Economy as seen from the Pittsburgh Road (across the fields in back of the Church)
Economy, Pa - Bird's Eye Vew - Postcard
Economy, Pa - Bird's Eye Vew - Postcard
building, Photograph, Postcard
Handwritten on top: Bird's eye view Old Economy 1898 Shows electric poles
Feast Hall Postcard
Feast Hall Postcard
building, Postcard
Printed on front: Music Hall of the Economites, Ambridge, Pa. Shot from across the intersection of Church and 14th Streets. Shows young trees and grape vine trellis without grape vines
Fire Engine and a Buggy
Fire Engine and a Buggy
vehicle, Photograph, Postcard
Postcard