Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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.
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Opera House Central City, Colorado, 1952
Color photographic negative of large group of unidentified affiliates gathering in front of the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado prior to the 1952 production of 'Mrs. McThing.'
Opera House Exterior
Black and white photograph of the front of the Central City Opera House. Billboards displaye don the front of the Opera House read:' Central City Opera House, Proprty of The University of Denver, College and seminary.' Second billboard reads: ' Central City Opera House, Watch for announcement of events (illegible due to car).'
Opera House Exterior
Black and white photograph of the side of the Central City Opera House in an unknown year in Central City, Colorado.
Opera House Exterior
Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken from a distance with a view of the hills in the background.
Opera House Exterior - 1933, 1933 August 6
Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons gathering in front of the Central City Opera House prior to a performance of the 1933 production of 'The Merry Widow' located in Central City, Colorado.Central City production Director/Producer/Designer Robert Edmond Jones can be seen standing second from right.
Opera House Exterior - 1936, 1936
Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken during the 1936 season in Cenrtral City, Colorado.
Opera House Exterior - 1940, 1940
Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken during the 1940 season in Cenrtral City, Colorado.
Opera House Exterior - 1947, 1947
Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons gathering in front of Teller House (left), the Opera House Garden and the central City Opera House during a performance of the 1947 production of 'Fidelio' at the Central City Opera House.
Opera House Exterior - 1950, 1950
Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons entering the Central City Opera House prior to a performance of the 1950 production of the 'Devil's Disciple' located in Central City, Colorado.
Opera House Exterior - 1950, 1950
Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons entering the Central City Opera House prior to a performance of the 1950 production of the 'Devil's Disciple' located in Central City, Colorado.
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