Pote, Louise

Unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Photograph of the outside of Unknown properties in Central City. The structures are located in Gilpin county in Central City, Colorado.

Black and white photograph of a group of four unidentified Central City Festival ushers standing on the Opera House stairs singing the 'Ushers Song' while other patrons look on.

An unidentified woman affiliated with the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' stands next to a photograph of 'Baby Doe.'

Black and white photograph of five unidentified affiliates handling mining equiptment in a mine.

Black and white photograph of unidentified affiliates handling mining equiptment in a mine.

Portrait of Vera Brynner, an opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Saffi in the 1957 production of "The Gypsy Baron," with an unidentified child.

Photograph of Virgil Thomson a member of the 1948 Central City Critique Panel, arriving via train.

Black and white photograph of Virginia Haskins (centre, CCOH performer, soprano), and two unidentified affiliates gathering in an unknonw location as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.

Black and white photograph of Virginia MacWatters who performed as Marguerite in the 1954 Central City festival production of 'Faust' standing in costume next to entertainer Bob Hope in an unknonw location in Central City, Colorado.