Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

Informal portrait of Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Helen Keller in the 1961 production 'The Miracle Worker,' and her six brothers between halves of their football game.

Photograph of Dorothy Chapman in costume backstage in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Black and white photograph of Dr. Elemer Nagy reading a photo album with two unidentified affiliates as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.

Photograph of Emerson Buckley (left), a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City, poses for a photograph with Mr. And Mrs. Acter.

Black and white photograph of stage hands Earl Copping (foreground) and Jim Carey (balcony), working on stage props for the 1963 opera season festival at the Central City Opera Festival.

Portrait of Eddie Mayehoff, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival'.

Portrait of Eddie Mayehoff, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival."

Portrait of Edward Stahl, an assistant coductor from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera.

Portrait of Edwina Eustis as Bertha and John Brownlee as Figaro in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Portrait of Edwina Eustis (left) as Bertha and John Brownlee (right) as Figaro in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''