Old Economy Village - Archives

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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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Memorandum Book 1886
Memorandum Book 1886
Miscellaneous notes
Pages 20-21 list of shareholders in the Pittsburgh, Chartiers Yougheogheny Rail Rail Co., page 180 Music notations; Page 185 Stadelmann birth and death dates; Handwritten, mostly old German cursive (Kurrent) Many blank pages
Pavilion and 6 people
Pavilion and 6 people
people, Photograph, building
6 people; woman to the right may be Gertrude Rapp Stenciling is seen. No statue; No lattice
Rapp House
Rapp House
building, Photograph
George Rapp House
Rapp House and Feast Hall
Rapp House and Feast Hall
building, Photograph
Printed on front: Greathouse and Music Hall 1886 (Feast Hall)