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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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13th Street with Church Steeple in background

street, Photograph, building

Before Conservatory of Lord and Burnham Shows fence with diamond pattern

14th Street aka Lover's Lane

street, Photograph

14th Street; also shows slat fence

14th Street aka Lover's Lane

street, Photograph

Handwritten at bottom: Lover's Lane Now 14th Street. Shows slat fence

14th Street aka Lover's Lane

people, Photograph, street

Also shows unidentified woman on a bench (14th street)

14th Street aka Lover's Lane

people, Photograph, street

also shows 6 unidentified people and slat fence ( now 14th Street)

14th Street - Apple Lane

street, Photograph

without label on front. 14th Street above Merchant was known as- Apple Alley or Lovers Lane

14th Street -Baker House, Store and Mechanics building

building, Photograph

looking down 14th (cobblestone) Street

14th Street, Economy, Pa

street, Photograph, building

On Folder -(nice) 14th. Street , looking east, gas house on right, GR Garden wall; on left Store, Mechanics Building and Feast Hall

14th Street looking toward river

street, Photograph, building

Left - Fredrick Rapp House; right - Feast Hall Unidentified woman

14th Street - Store, Mechanics building and Feast Hall

street, Photograph, building

In the distance houses and buildings beyond Church Street

1890 Band Stand

building, Photograph

Band Stand in Garden

1890 Band Stand and Grotto

music, Photograph, building

Band Stand And Grotto in the Garden

1890 Band Stand in the Garden

building, Photograph, garden

also shows the back of the Rapp House

1914 Centennial at New Harmony, Indiana

people, Photograph, building

1917 Centennial. Same as Photo# 2470 from the back of 2470:1) Owensville P.M. 2) Max Sountag, Evansville 3) Capt Alford, Ribeyre 4) Clarence P. Wolfe, Editor, New Harmony, 5) John S. Duss [second row right] 6) William H. Taft [front right] 8) E. I. Lewis Indianapolis News, 9) Geo. Wilsey (There are only 8 men in the picture; the number 7 was skipped in the list.)