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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 2340 Collections and/or Records:

Central City - Buildings, 1935

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0005
Abstract

This file contains photographs of buildings and architecture from Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1935

Central City Chef

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00035
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified Central City Chef setting up for unknown event in unknown location.

Dates: 1951

Central City Flower Girls

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00034
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified Central City flower girls gathering on the stairs in the Opera House garden.

Dates: 1930-1969

Central City - Historic Photos

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0006
Abstract

This file contains historic photographs of people and places pertaining to Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

Central City - Mines

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0007
Abstract

This file contains photographs of mines located in Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

Central City - Miscellaneous

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0008
Abstract

This file contains miscellaneous photographs from Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

Central City Nights, 1935, 1935

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004
Abstract

This file contains programs and photographs from the Central City production of Central City Nights.

Dates: 1935

Central City Opera Chorus Member

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00003
Abstract

Portrait of an unidentified member of the Central City Opera chorus.

Dates: 1930-1969

Central City Opera Festival - Teller House, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.01.0031.0002.00001
Abstract

People in period costumes from the early 1900's participate in the opening of the 1952 Central City Opera Festival on Main Street in front of the famous Teller Building.

Dates: 1952

Central City Opera House Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: M123
Abstract The Central City Opera House Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, a Central City businessman who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The real estate holdings of the University of Denver were transferred back to the Association in 1982. The Association held...
Dates: 1931-2015

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Opera 2338
Photographs 2338
Colorado 2233
Singers 1043
Actors 880