Call NumberX-183CreatorWolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977Date1933SummaryOriginal scenery drop, with dramatic angle lighting, at the Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado. The tops of music stands with lamps and chair backs show in the foreground. The painted scene depicts marble columns, an archway, a balustrade and a castle with onion and hemispheric domes in the background. In December 1933, Muriel Wolle's University of Colorado scenery project team located and set up original canvas flats and drops to document and photograph, while she sketched each set and made color notes which were developed into large watercolor paintings.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 8 x 14 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectTabor Opera HouseLeadville (Colo.)InteriorsOpera houses--Colorado--LeadvilleTheatrical productionsGeographic AreaLeadville (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH906. Muriel Sibell Wolle papersNotesPhotoprint has adhesive staining on back and is slightly wrinkled. Title handwritten on back of photoprint. R7100001837DonorMuriel Sibell Wolle estate, 1977
Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977, Leadville Opera House scenery, 1933 (1933). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 20/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1016223
