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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:

Unidentified Affiliates Preparing Costumes

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0004.00033
Abstract

Black and white photograph of four unidentified affiliates preparing costumes for an unknown production in an unknown location backstage.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Preparing Hair and Make Up

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0004.00032
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two unidentified affiliates preparing for an unknown production in an unknonw location backstage.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Pushing a Train

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0004.00030
Abstract

Black and white photograph of group of unidentified affiliates pushing on the back of a train in an unknonwn location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Seated Behind a Desk

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00025
Abstract

Black and white photograph of undentified affiliate seated behind a desk in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Seated Behind a Desk in Masks

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00023
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two undentified affiliates in masks seated behind a desk in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Signing a Leg cast, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00020
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates sitting in the opera house garden the two females signing the male affiliates leg cast.

Dates: 1967

Unidentified Affiliates Signing a Leg Cast, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00024
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two unidentified affiliates sitting in an unknown location during the 1967 Central City Festival.

Dates: 1967

Unidentified Affiliates Standing at a Bar

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0004.00031
Abstract

Black and white photograph of group of unidentified affiliates standing at a bar at a social gathering in an unknonw location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Standing By box Office with Microphone

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00014
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates standing by Central City Opera Box Office with microphone in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1951

Unidentified Affiliates Standing by the Street

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00024
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a group of undentified affiliates standing by the street in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

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Archival Object 2690
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Actors 881
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Denver (Colo.) 65
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Theatrical producers and directors 58
Musical theater producers and directors 42
Publicity photographs 39
Promotional materials 36
Opera festivals 30
Publications 29
Photographic prints 28
Fashion 26
Snapshots 24
Reports 22
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Theaters 19
Blank forms 17
Musicians 17
Photographic postcards 13
Ballet 12
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Clothing and dress 10
Composers 10
Art 7
Dramatists 7
Painting 7
Radio programs 7
Fund raising 6
Dancers 5
Flower Girls 5
Corporate minutes 4
Dance teachers 4
Notes (Documents) 4
Administrative reports 3
Authors 3
Manuals series 3
Operas 3
Politicians 3
Sculpture, American 3
Special events 3
Theater critics 3
Choreographers 2
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Costume 2
Drawings 2
Film reels 2
Gold panning 2
Lawyers 2
Librettists 2
Newspapers 2
Nonprofit organizations 2
Notebooks 2
Periodicals 2
Scores 2
Square dancing 2
Stage managers 2
Annual reports 1
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Black-and-white photography 1
Boards of directors 1
Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.) 1
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