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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 2402 Collections and/or Records:

Window Display in the Lerner Shops, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0012.00013
Abstract

Photograph of mannequin in a window display for the annual Central City fashion show in 1952 in the Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Sign reads, "1881 Wedding Gown worn by the wife of Gov. James B. Grant (1883-1885)."

Dates: 1952

Window Display in the Lerner Shops, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0012.00014
Abstract

Photograph of mannequin's in a window display for the annual Central City fashion show in 1952 in the Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1952

Window Display in the Lerner Shops, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0012.00015
Abstract

Photograph of mannequin in a window display for the annual Central City fashion show in 1952 in the Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Sign reads, "1881 Wedding Gown worn by the wife of Gov. James B. Grant (1883-1885)."

Dates: 1952

Winifred Ainslee in 'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00017
Abstract

Photograph of Winifred Ainslee, an actress who performed as Grace in the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

Winifred Ainslee Reading Script for 'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00018
Abstract

Photograph of Winifred Ainslee, an actress who performed as Grace in the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop,' reading a script.

Dates: 1955

Woman in the ''Barber of Seville'' Production, between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00014
Abstract

An unidentified woman appears in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Woman on Ladder by Billboard for 1960 Opera Festival, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00020
Abstract Central city affiliate, Bonnie Porter, stand on a ladder in costume next to billboard for the 1960 opera festival. Billboard reads, "Central City Opera House Association present twenty-ninth annual opera festival June 25th through July 23rd 1960. Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, english translation by Martha Winburn England. Lucia Di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, enshlis adaptation by Robert A. Simon, Emerson Buckley musical...
Dates: 1960

Women Affiliated with the All American Chorus Wave at an Airplane

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00005
Abstract

A group of women affiliated with the All American Chorus wave at an airplane.

Dates: 1957

Women in the All American Chorus getting pose on an Airplane

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Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00001
Abstract

A group of women from the All American Chorus pose on a Frontier Airlines airplane, 'The Spirit of Colorado.'

Dates: 1957

Workers Affiliated with the Productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00032
Abstract

Workers affiliated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust,'' work on building the set.

Dates: 1954

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