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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)

Biography

Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.

Sources

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.

Found in 2694 Collections and/or Records:

Opera House Exterior

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00017
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the front of the Central City Opera House. Billboards displaye don the front of the Opera House read:' Central City Opera House, Proprty of The University of Denver, College and seminary.' Second billboard reads: ' Central City Opera House, Watch for announcement of events (illegible due to car).'

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Exterior

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00019
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the side of the Central City Opera House in an unknown year in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Exterior

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00021
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken from a distance with a view of the hills in the background.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Exterior - 1933, 1933 August 6

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00013
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons gathering in front of the Central City Opera House prior to a performance of the 1933 production of 'The Merry Widow' located in Central City, Colorado.Central City production Director/Producer/Designer Robert Edmond Jones can be seen standing second from right.

Dates: 1933 August 6

Opera House Exterior - 1936, 1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00024
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken during the 1936 season in Cenrtral City, Colorado.

Dates: 1936

Opera House Exterior - 1940, 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00022
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken during the 1940 season in Cenrtral City, Colorado.

Dates: 1940

Opera House Exterior - 1947, 1947

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00015
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons gathering in front of Teller House (left), the Opera House Garden and the central City Opera House during a performance of the 1947 production of 'Fidelio' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1947

Opera House Exterior - 1950, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00006
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons entering the Central City Opera House prior to a performance of the 1950 production of the 'Devil's Disciple' located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1950

Opera House Exterior - 1950, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00007
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons entering the Central City Opera House prior to a performance of the 1950 production of the 'Devil's Disciple' located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1950

Opera House Exterior - 1950, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00011
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons entering the Central City Opera House prior to a performance of the 1950 production of the 'Devil's Disciple' located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1950

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