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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:

Opera House Exterior - 1950, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00025
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd gathering in front of the Central City Opera House taken during the 1950 season in Cenrtral City, Colorado.

Dates: 1950

Opera House Exterior - 1955, 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00014
Abstract

Black and white photograph of (on left side of image) the Central City Opera House, displaying billboards for the 1955 season which featured performances from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Gilbert and Sullivan productions), the Opera House Garden and the Teller House.

Dates: 1955

Opera House Exterior - 1957, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00020
Abstract

Black and white photograph of The Central City Opera House during a the 1957 festival season in which 'Rigoletto,' and ' The Gypsy Baron' were the productions at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1957

Opera House Exterior - 1967, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00028
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the Central City Opera House in Cenrtral City, Colorado prior to the 1967 Festival Season.

Dates: 1967

Opera House Exterior During 1967 Season, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the Opera House during the 1967 festival season taken from across the street.

Dates: 1967

Opera House Garden

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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

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Administrative reports 3
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