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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 804 Collections and/or Records:

Burgess Meredith

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0008.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Burgess Meredith, a director and producer who worked with the Central City Opera, directing the opera ''A Thurber Carnival.''

Dates: 1930-1969

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00003
Abstract

Sally Hester as Elma Duckworth working behind the cafe counter while Albert Salmi as Bo Decker holds Peggy Ann Garner as Cherie in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00005
Abstract

Sally Hester as Elma Duckworth working behind the cafe counter while Albert Salmi as Bo Decker sits at the counter, Peggy Ann Garner as Cherie sits at a near by table in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00006
Abstract

Sally Hester as Elma Duckworth working behind the cafe counter talking with Peggy Ann Garner as Cherie sits on the other side of the counter in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00007
Abstract

Russell Hardie (left) as Virgil Blessging and Albert Salmi (center) talk at a small table as Glenn Anders as Dr. Gerald Lyman reads on a bench in the back in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00008
Abstract

Russell Hardie (center) as Virgil Blessging holds back Albert Salmi (left) as Bo Decker as an unknown actor watches in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00009
Abstract

Russell Hardie (left) as Virgil Blessging and Albert Salmi (center) watch as Peggy Ann Garner (right) as Cherie sits on a table in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00010
Abstract

Russell Hardie (left) as Virgil Blessging and Albert Salmi (center) watch as Peggy Ann Garner (right) as Cherie dances on a table in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00011
Abstract

Russell Hardie (left) as Virgil Blessging and Albert Salmi (center) watch as Peggy Ann Garner (right) as Cherie dances on a table in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00012
Abstract

Russell Hardie (left) as Virgil Blessging and Albert Salmi (center) watch as Peggy Ann Garner (right) as Cherie dances on a table in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

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