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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:

Opera House 1967, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00006
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the front of the central City Opera House located in central City, Colorado prior to the 1957 festival season. Signs on building read: ' Central City Opera House, Property of The University of Denver, College and Seminary.' 'Central City Opera House, Watch for announcments of the 1967 Festival.'

Dates: 1967

Opera House 1967, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00007
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the front of the central City Opera House located in central City, Colorado prior to the 1957 festival season. Signs on building read: ' Central City Opera House, Property of The University of Denver, College and Seminary.' 'Central City Opera House, Watch for announcments of the 1967 Festival.'

Dates: 1967

Opera House 1967, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00008
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the front of the central City Opera House located in central City, Colorado prior to the 1957 festival season. Signs on building read: ' Central City Opera House, Property of The University of Denver, College and Seminary.' 'Central City Opera House, Watch for announcments of the 1967 Festival.'

Dates: 1967

Opera House and Garden

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00012
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons gathering in front of the Central City Opera House and Opera House Garden prior to a performance' located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Central City, Colorado, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00002
Abstract

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.'

Dates: 1952

Opera House Exterior

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00017
Abstract

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).'

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Exterior

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00019
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the side of the Central City Opera House in an unknown year in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Exterior

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Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00021
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken from a distance with a view of the hills in the background.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Exterior - 1933, 1933 August 6

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00013
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1933 August 6

Opera House Exterior - 1936, 1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00024
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House taken during the 1936 season in Cenrtral City, Colorado.

Dates: 1936

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