Central City Opera Festival

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Black and white photograph of Faye Emerson who performed as Ilona Szabo and Richard Hylton as Albert Adam in the 1948 Central City Play Festival production of 'The Plays the Thing' at the Central City Opera House.

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Black and white photograph of Central City affiliates Fern Page, Sharon Warrell and Central City performer Chester Ludgin at an unknown gathering in Central City, Colorado.

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This file contains photographs from the 1947 Central City production 'Fidelio.'

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Black and white film negative of two unidentified performers in an unidentified show being performed in front an audience at the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado.

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Black and white film negative of two unidentified performers consoling one another wearing kimonos in an unidentified show at the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado.

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Black and white photograph of Fisher Morgan as Poo-Bah and Peter Pratt as Ko-Ko and three unidentified female performers as Little Maids in the 1955 Central City Festival production of 'The Mikado.' The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company had a residence in Central City as apart of their 75th anniversary of the first american tour.

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This file contains photographs of the Central City Flower Girls.

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Black and white photograph of an unidentified affiliate putting makeup on Frank Guarrera for the role of Horace Tabor in the 1959 central City Festival production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' at the Central City Opera House.

Abstract Black and white photograph of Frank Ricketson Jr. (CCOHA President) speaking to an unidentified NBC correspondent in an unidentified location. Photo can also be found in 'Theater of Dreams; The Glorious Central City Opera Celebrating 75 Years' on page 80. Caption reads: 'A reporter for NBC radio interviewed Frank 'Rick' Ricketson on opening night in an undated photo. from 1943 to 1964 Riketson served as president of the Opera House Association, hand-picked by festival co-founder Anne Evans...

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Black and white photograph of Frank Ricketson (center, in tuxedo) gathering with unidentified affiliates gathering during opening night festivities for the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.