Old Economy Village - Archives

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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Ambridge - Marshall Alley

people, Photograph, buildings

Housing conditions in Ambridge, PA. Handwritten note: 'Marshall Alley'11 to 1st Street between Merchant and Maplewood. Laundry hanging between buildings. Children

Ambridge - Merchant Street

Postcard, street, Photograph

Merchant St., looking west, Ambridge, PA

Angel Rock, New Harmony, Indiana

Postcard, Photograph

Postcard of rock formation in New Harmony

Anna Elizabeth Ott

Hired worker, Photograph

Anna Elizabeth Breitenstein Ott, On back: 'Grandma' (sister of Henry Breitenstein; Grandmother of Ernestine Ott May)

Anna Ott

Old timer, Photograph

Granddaughter of Elizabeth Brietenstein Ott On back: Easter time at Ernestine's Bob and Agnes

Anna Ott

Old timer, Photograph

Granddaughter of Elizabeth Breitenstein Ott

Anna Ott

Old Timer, Photograph

Granddaughter of Elizabeth Breitenstein Ott

Apple Pickers

Hired worker, Photograph

Unidentified men with ladders picking apples On Back Edna Hay and illegible

Art Work (non Harmonist)

Photograph

Paintings and figurines on a mantel

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.