Old Economy Village - Archives

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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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Band
Band
music, Photograph, people
Band standing on grass. John Duss in front. Band is wearing suits not uniforms.
Coxey's Army
Coxey's Army
people, Photograph, animal
Unidentified man on a horse
Coxey's Army
Coxey's Army
people, Photograph
Unidentified men
Coxey's Army - Carl Browne
Coxey's Army - Carl Browne
people, Photograph
On front: Carl Brown, Secretary to the J. S. Coxey Good Roads Association of the United States. See image of back for a long description of plan of organization of the Coxey Good Roads Association
Coxey's Army in Lover's Lane (14th Street)
Coxey's Army in Lover's Lane (14th Street)
street, Photograph, people
Coxey's Army in Lover's Lane (aka Apple Alley, 14th Street)
Coxey's Army with poster
Coxey's Army with poster
people, Photograph
Three unidentified men. One holding a poster reading (in part): Peace on Earth Death to Interest on Bonds
J.S. Coxey. Esq.
J.S. Coxey. Esq.
people, Photograph
President of the J.S. Coxey Good Roads Association of the United States, Massillon, OH. On back: full text of the Bill before Congress by which to build good roads, by the Coxey plain. Full text of the Coxey Non-Interest Bearing Bond Bill, Now before Congress.