Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)

Abstract The Central City Opera House Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, a Central City businessman who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The real estate holdings of the University of Denver were transferred back to the Association in 1982. The Association held...

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Black and white photograph of the mountain submarine pulled from the bottom of Lake Missouri in 1944. Submarine was constructed by Rufus Owens and had it's maiden voyage in 1898. WWII peaked interest of submarines and a Central City local entrepreneure decided to raise it. The submarine is on display at the Central City Museum in Central City, Colorado.

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Black and white photograph of the Colorado Central Rail Road (CCRR) traveling along Clear Creek. Unidentified affiliates standing on top and next to train.

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Black and white photograph of the Colorado & Southern train 'Old 71' engine that carried ore and passenger cars from Denver to "the richest square mile on earth" Central City, Colorado.

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Black and white photograph of the Colorado & Southern train 'Old 71' engine that carried ore and passenger cars from Denver to "the richest square mile on earth" Central City, Colorado. Photograph taken in 1880, description on photograph written May 1, 1941.

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Black and white photograph of the Colorado & Southern train 'Old 71' engine that carried ore and passenger cars from Denver to "the richest square mile on earth" Central City, Colorado.

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Black and white photograph of the Colorado & Southern train 'Old 71' engine that carried ore and passenger cars from Denver to "the richest square mile on earth" Central City, Colorado.

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Black and white photograph of construction on an unknown structure in Central City, Colorado.

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This folder contains photos of the 1948 Central City Opera production of 'Cosi fan Tutti.'

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Photographs of the 1948 Central City Critique Panel; Photographs included Howard Taubman, Madge Skelly, Martha Scott, Virgil Thomson, and Gypsy Rose Lee.