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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 770 Collections and/or Records:

Russell Swann

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Russell Swann, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Ruth Gordon

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00006
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Ruth Gordon

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00007
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Ruth Gordon in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00001
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Ruth Gordon in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00002
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Ruth Gordon in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00003
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Ruth Gordon in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00004
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Ruth Gordon in "A Doll's House", 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00005
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Sally Hester and Albert Salmi in 'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00002
Abstract

Sally Hester as Elma Duckworth sitting behind the cafe counter while Albert Salmi as Bo Decker drinks a beverage in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

Sally Hester and Glenn Anders in 'Bus Stop', 1955

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00001
Abstract

Sally Hester as Elma Duckworth standing on the cafe counter while Glenn Anders as Dr. Gerald Lyman looks on in a scene from the 1955 central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

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