Pote, Louise

Photograph of the chorus dancing in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.

Photograph of the chorus dancing in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.

Black and white photograph of Central City actor Clifford Harvout and music director Walter Taussig during the 1959 Central City Festival production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' at the Central City Opera House.

Informal portrait of Clifford Harvuot, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in "Cosi Fan Tutte" during the 1948 season, "Die Fledermaus" in 1949, "Don Pasquale" in 1950, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "The Elixer of Love" in 1961, and the "Girl of the Golden West" in 1962. , near the Opera House billboard.

Black and white photograph of the Colorado & Southern train 'Old 71' engine that carried ore and passenger cars from Denver to "the richest square mile on earth" Central City, Colorado.

Black and white photograph from the back of the Opera House which is under construction during an unknown year.

Black and white contact sheets of unidentified Opera House ushers and bell ringers from the 1957 festival season at the Central City Opera House.

Photograph of the cast and set design during a performance of the 1948 Central City Opera production of 'Cosi fan Tutti.'

Photograph of the 1948 Central City Critique Panel; (from left to right) Gypsy Rose Lee, Virgil Thompson, Center George Sommes, Howard Taubman, and Madge Skelly.

Black and white photograph of large crowd gathering at the Teller House Bar during an unknown event in Central City, Colorado.