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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 794 Collections and/or Records:

Paul Ford, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0007.00001
Abstract

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

Dates: 1960

Paul Ford, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0007.00002
Abstract

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

Dates: 1960

Paul Porter in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00006
Abstract

Signed photograph of Paul Porter, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Paul Porter in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00012
Abstract

Signed photograph of Paul Porter, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Peggy Ann Garner and Albert Salmi in 'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00014
Abstract

Peggy Ann Garner as Cherie and Albert Salmi as Bo Decker in the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

Percy Waram

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Identifier: M123.03.0065.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Percy Waram, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Performance of 'The Constant Wife', 1951

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Identifier: M123.03.0073.0004.00010
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the cast and set of the 1951 Central City production of 'The Constant Wife' taken from the back of the opera hall.

Dates: 1951

Performance of 'The Constant Wife', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0073.0004.00011
Abstract

Black and white photograph of an unidentified cast member of the 1951 Central City production of 'The Constant Wife' taken from the back of the opera hall.

Dates: 1951

Performers from 1954 Season, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0001.00008
Abstract

Black and white photograph of performers from the 1954 Central City Festival season gather for a picnic in an unknonw location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1954

Performers in Unknown Location

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00032
Abstract

Black and white photograph of affiliates gather for an unknown production and unknown location.

Dates: 1951

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