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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 7 Collections and/or Records:

'Face on the Bar Room Floor'

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003
Abstract

This folder contains photographs of the face painted on the Teller House bar room floor. Painting was completed by artists Herndon Davis in 1936. The painting is of Herndon's wife Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis although it was advertised to be based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy by the same name (The face on the Bar Room Floor).

Dates: 1950-1969

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1969

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1969

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00003
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1969

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00004
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1969

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00005
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1969

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00006
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1950-1969

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