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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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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 Garden

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Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00010
Abstract Black and white photograph of garden space located between the Central City Opera House and the Teller House. Caption for image can be found in 'Historic Central City; Gold! and now Glamour,' by Caroline Bancroft:' In 1934 the lots between the Opera House and the Teller House were cleared to plant a garden. An arrastra used in '59 to crush are and hand-hewn pestles taken from early stamp mills are ornaments and historical souvenirs worthy of the viewer's intent study in the foreground. In...
Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Garden Central City, Colorado

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Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00003
Abstract

Color photographic negative of group of unidentified affiliates gathering in the Central City Opera House Garden located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House in Snow

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Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00002
Abstract

Black and white photographwith of the front of the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado taken from a distance in the snow.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House Print

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Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph printed on paper with a black border of the front of the Central City Opera House located in central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera House - Teller House; Central City, Colorado

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Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00008
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified patrons gathering in front of the Central City Opera House and the Teller House, both located on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Patrons Gather in Front of Williams' Stables

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Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00029
Abstract

Black and white photograph of patrons gathering in front of Williams' Stables for a stagecoach ride down Eureka Street to the Opera House for a matinee performance for an unknown Central City Festival production.

Dates: 1951

Paul Douglas in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'

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Identifier: M123.03.0071.0003.00022
Abstract

Portrait of actor Paul Douglas who performed as Lt. Cdr. Philip Francis Queeg in the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'

Dates: 1954

Paul Ford, 1960

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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

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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

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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

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