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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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Doorway at Harmony, Pa (store)

building, Photograph

On back: Doorway to store with Winged angel, symbol of Sophia in the lintel

Feast Hall Door

building, Photograph

Front Door - Photo shot from across the street. Shows grape vines

Feast Hall Door - Postcard

building, Photograph

Front Door - Printed on the bottom: Entrance to the Music Hall, Economy, Pa.

Feast Hall, Frederick Rapp House, J&L Steel

building, Photograph

On back : Looking out over the Rapp House and Music Hall from the Church Tower balcony - in the far distance the vast steel furnace of Jones and Laughlin! Old Economy Visit Mr. Duss Friday 20 June 1941 Ambridge, Beaver Co. The smokestacks of the J&L Aliquippa Works are seen the the background. The steel mill was across the Ohio River.