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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 2233 Collections and/or Records:

Two Unidentified Men in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00026
Abstract

Two unidentified men appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Two Unidentified Patrons at Little Colonel Mine

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00030
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two unidentified CCOH affiliates outside of the Little Colonel mine in Gilpin county, Colorado.

Dates: 1951

Two Unidentified Women Seated on Stone Wall

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00020
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two unidentified female affiliates seated on a stone wall over looking Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Two women Affiliated with the Productions ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'' At a Wash Basin, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00012
Abstract

Rosalind Elias (right) and an unidentified women affilated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'' at an antique Wash Basin.

Dates: 1954

Two women Affiliated with the Productions ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'' By a Window, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00011
Abstract

Eva Likova (in window) and Frances Bible (seated), both women affilated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'' talk through an open window.

Dates: 1954

Two Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00029
Abstract

Two unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Unidentified Affiliate, 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00028
Abstract

Photograph of an unidentified Central City affiliates at an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Unidentified Affiliate on Opera House Stairs, 1946

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00004
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified affiliate posing on stairs in opera house garden in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1946

Unidentified Affiliate Seated Behind a Desk

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00022
Abstract

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

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliate Standing with Billboard from 1949 Season, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00029
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified CCOHA affiliate standing with billboard from 1949 Festival Season for the production 'Diamond Lil' starring Mae West.

Dates: 1967

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