Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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:
'The Constant Wife', 1951
Photograph of an unidentified actor who performed in the 1951 Central City production of 'The Constant Wife.'
'The Constant Wife', 1951
Photograph of an unidentified actor who performed in the 1951 Central City production of 'The Constant Wife.'
'The Face on the Barroom Floor'
Photograph of the face on the bar room floor painted by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.
'The Face on the Barroom Floor'
Photograph of the face on the bar room floor painted by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.
'The Face on the Barroom Floor'
Photograph of the face on the bar room floor painted by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.
'The Face on the Barroom Floor'
Photograph of the face on the bar room floor painted by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.
'The Face on the Barroom Floor'
Photograph four unidentified affiliates looking at the face on the bar room floor painted by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.
'The Face on the Barroom Floor'
Photograph of the face painted on the bar room floor by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.
'The Girl of the Golden West', 1952
Photograph of three unidentified Central City affiliates performing in the 1952 central City production of 'The Girl of the Golden West,' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
'The Girl of the Golden West', 1952
Photograph of Clifford Harvuot performing as Jack Rance and Beverly Bower performing as Minnie in the 1952 central City production of 'The Girl of the Golden West,' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
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