Pote, Louise

Black and white contact sheets of unidentified Opera House ushers and bell ringers from the 1957 festival season at the Central City Opera House.

Photograph of the cast and set design during a performance of the 1948 Central City Opera production of 'Cosi fan Tutti.'

Photograph of the 1948 Central City Critique Panel; (from left to right) Gypsy Rose Lee, Virgil Thompson, Center George Sommes, Howard Taubman, and Madge Skelly.

Black and white photograph of large crowd gathering at the Teller House Bar during an unknown event in Central City, Colorado.

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified Central City affiliates gathering in an unknown location.

The cast of the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness'' takes a bow at the curtain call.

Curtain call for the cast of the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Photograph of cast members and chorus in a curtain call during the 1957 Central City Festival production of 'The Gypsy Baron,' in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Photograph of unidentified dancers in the Central City Opera production of 'Die Fledermaus,' at the Central City Opera Festival in Central City, Colorado.

Photograph of unidentified dancers in the Central City Opera production of 'Die Fledermaus,' at the Central City Opera Festival in Central City, Colorado.