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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 2694 Collections and/or Records:

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Garey

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Garey, affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mrs. Spencer Penrose at a Formal Gathering

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0002.00002
Abstract

Mrs. (Julie) Spencer Penrose (second from left) with three unidentified friends at a formal gathering; Penrose was one of the original members of the board of directors and a major benefactor for the Central City Opera House Association.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mrs. Spencer Penrose at a Formal Gathering

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0002.00003
Abstract

Mrs. (Julie) Spencer Penrose (second from left, with flowers) accepts a gift from a young maid; Mrs. Penrose was one of the original member of the board of directors for the Central City Opera House Association and a major benefactor to the Central City Opera

Dates: 1930-1969

Mrs. Spencer Penrose at a Formal Gathering

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0002.00004
Abstract

Mrs. (Julie) Spencer Penrose (third from left, with flowers) at a formal gathering; Mrs. Penrose was a founding member of the Central City Opera House and served on it's board of directors as well as being a major benefactor to the Central City Opera

Dates: 1930-1969

Mrs. Spencer Penrose at a Ribon Cutting Ceremony

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0002.00001
Abstract

Mrs. (Julie) Spencer Penrose cuts the ribbon on the Teller House dining room; an a original member of the Central City Opera House board of directors and also a major benefactor of the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mrs. Spencer Penrose with her dog

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0002.00005
Abstract

A portrait of Mrs. (Julie) Spencer Penrose, who was a founding member of the Central City Opera House and served on it's board of directors as well as being a major benefactor to the Central City Opera, photographed with her dog.

Dates: 1930-1969

Muriel Harding in 'The Yeoman of the Guard', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0009.00008
Abstract

Photograph of Muriel Harding who performed at the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Central City Opera House during the 1955 season as Josephine in the production 'H.M.S. Pinafore' and as Elsie Maynard in the production 'The Yeoman of the Guard.'

Dates: 1955

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