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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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Rapp House Postcard
Rapp House Postcard
building, Photograph
Shot from across the intersection of 14th and Church Street. Printed on bottom: The "Great House" Home of Father Rapp Economy, Pa.
Rapp House Postcard
Rapp House Postcard
building, Photograph
Shot from 14th Street. Written on the bottom: Side View of the "Great House", Economy, Pa.
Rapp House Postcard
Rapp House Postcard
building, Photograph
Shot from the Garden. Printed on bottom: The Gardens and Great House of the Harmony Society, Ambridge, Pa - 46
Rapp House with church steeple in background
Rapp House with church steeple in background
building, Photograph
Typed on front: The Church Tower--Old Economy--1949; Rapp House seen from the back showing porches with church steeple sticking up in the background.
Rapp Houses
Rapp Houses
building, Photograph
Frederick Rapp house in foreground, back of George Rapp House, Church steeple behind houses, also shows stone wall.
Rapp Houses and Feast Hall
Rapp Houses and Feast Hall
building, Photograph
Feast Hall, Frederick Rapp House and George Rapp House. Early, gas lights without lantern Shot from across Church Street looking toward 13th Street.
Rapp Houses - back
Rapp Houses - back
building, Photograph, garden
Shows part of garden with trees; also the church steeple
Residence at Zoar, Ohio
Residence at Zoar, Ohio
building, Photograph
residence at Zoar, Ohio
Residence at Zoar, Ohio
Residence at Zoar, Ohio
building, Photograph
Residence at Zoar, Ohio
Residence building at Zoar, Ohio
Residence building at Zoar, Ohio
building, Photograph
Post card; Printed on bottom: A Residence, Built 1835, Zoar, Ohio
Sash and Blind Factory
Sash and Blind Factory
people, Photograph, building
Unidentified people; Gas light. On back: Planing mill remodeled.
School at New Harmony, Indiana
School at New Harmony, Indiana
Postcard, Photograph, building
On back: Rappite (Harmonist) school
School House, New Philadelphia, Ohio
School House, New Philadelphia, Ohio
building, Photograph
Postcard. Printed on top: First school house west of the Ohio River - Built 1773, rebuilt 1928
School with unidentified class
School with unidentified class
people, Photograph, building
Teachers in the back
Shed
Shed
building, Photograph
One door open
Shed
Shed
building, Photograph
Household shed
Shed
Shed
building, Photograph
Church Tower seen in the background. 'shed' written on folder, not on picture
Silk Mill
Silk Mill
building, Photograph
Printed at bottom: Part of the Old Economy Silk Factory. On back_ part of an article on textiles.
Silk Mill Cocoonery
Silk Mill Cocoonery
building, Photograph
Same as #0436b
Silk Mill Cocoonery
Silk Mill Cocoonery
building, Photograph
Simlar to 436a but closer