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Jitterbuggers - 1875 Style

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0003.00029

Abstract

Black and white photograph of a group of sixteen unidentified CCOH square dancers, a filddler and a caller in the Opera House Garden during an unknown festival season in Central City, Colordao.

Dates

  • 1930-1969

Digital Repository

Jitterbuggers - 1875 Style

Extent

1 Items (photograph)

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains photographs and other graphic materials pertaining to the Central City Opera House and the Central City Opera festivals from the 1932 - 2013 festival seasons.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

8 x 10 inches black and white

General

Title from back of image.

Inscription and Marks

Typed in purple ink and attached to bottom of image: 'JITTERBUGGERS - 1875 STYLE - The square dancing before and after each performance in central City's famous Opera House is one of the 'must' features of the summer festival program in Colorado's little gold-mining town, now one of the nation's leading tourist centers. Here the square dancers perform in the garden beside the Teller House, one of the West's most famous old gold rush hotels.'

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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