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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 801 Collections and/or Records:

Unidentified Affiliates Gather in Front of Opera House

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00006
Abstract

Black and white photograph of group of unidentified affiliates gathering in front of the opera house for an unknown production during an unknown festival season.

Dates: 1951

Unidentified Affiliates Gather in Front of Opera House

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00007
Abstract

Black and white photograph of group of unidentified affiliates and horse drawn carriage gathering in front of the Williams' Stables for an unknown event.

Dates: 1951

Unidentified Affiliates Gather in Front of Opera House

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00008
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two unidentified affiliates working behind a desk in an unknown location.

Dates: 1951

Unidentified Affiliates Gather to Watch Event, 1946

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00005
Abstract

Black and white photograph of group of unidentified affiliates gathering to watch two men hammering in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1946

Unidentified Affiliates Hold Fur Coat, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00021
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two unidentified affiliates standing in the opera house garden holding a fur coat during the 1967 festival season.

Dates: 1967

Unidentified Affiliates in Costume

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00005
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a large group of unidentified Central City affiliates walking in front of the Opera House dressed in Costume for an unknown event in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates in Evergreen, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00028
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified CCOH affiliates in Evergreen, Colorado for an unknown event durign the 1967 festival season.

Dates: 1967

Unidentified Affiliates in Hats at Social Gathering

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0004.00007
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a two unidentified Central City affiliates drinking Falstaff beer wearing cowboy hats at a social gathering in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Paning for Gold

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0004.00029
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two female and one male affiliates who are paning for gold in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Unidentified Affiliates Preparing Costumes

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0004.00033
Abstract

Black and white photograph of four unidentified affiliates preparing costumes for an unknown production in an unknown location backstage.

Dates: 1930-1969

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