Item Type: AudioDescription: Interview with Samuel Crockett Hunter, Sr., Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Brenda Hawley and Norman Sams. Mr. Hunter was born January 26, 1892 in Weimar, Texas. He moved to Colorado Springs in 19...
Time Coverage: 1892-1973
Item Type: PhotographDescription: Portrait of Leon Young.
Image Number: 392-236
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1985-02-19
Description: Vice-mayor Leon Young speaks to kids at Sabin Junior High School for Black History Month. Young was the first African American vice mayor and mayor of Colorado Springs. Born in Louisiana in 1924,...
Image Number: 392-255
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1972-06-05
Description: Portrait of Leon Young.
Image Number: 392-235
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan at her home, 615 N. Corona. Duncan purchased the home to provide a place for famous black performers to stay while in Colorado Springs performing at the Cotton Club. They were n...
Image Number: 099-33
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: View of barbershop operated by Roosevelt Price in the ground floor of the Cotton Club buildings.
Image Number: 099-37
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: View of barbershop operated by Roosevelt Price in the ground floor of the Cotton Club buildings.
Image Number: 099-34
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan reaches for a crystal bottle on dressing table at home, 615 N. Corona.
Image Number: 099-10737
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan (far right) with sister Selena Franklin and unidentified man outside the entrance to the Cotton Club.
Image Number: 099-38
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan welcomes a guest holding two suitcases to her home, 615 N. Corona. The screen door is decorated with a "D." Duncan purchased the home to provide a place for famous black perform...
Image Number: 099-19
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Selena Franklin opens car door for Fannie Mae Duncan at the Cotton Club.
Image Number: 099-36
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan with record at her home, 615. N. Corona Street. Record player and television console in the background.
Image Number: 099-10736
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan reads the newspaper and Ebony magazine with a cup of coffee.
Image Number: 099-10734
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: View of barbershop operated by Roosevelt Price in the ground floor of the Cotton Club buildings.
Image Number: 099-40
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan at her home, 615 N. Corona. Duncan purchased the home to provide a place for famous black performers to stay while in Colorado Springs performing at the Cotton Club. They were n...
Image Number: 099-32
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan reaches for a crystal bottle on dressing table at home, ornate jewelery on her wrist.
Image Number: 099-10738
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan (far right) with sister Selena Franklin and unidentified man outside the entrance to the Cotton Club.
Image Number: 099-39
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1955
Description: Fannie Mae Duncan at home at 615 North Corona Street, combing her hair in front of dressing table, large lampshade beside her.
Image Number: 099-10731
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1974-01-24
Description: Governor John Vanderhoof signs a 55 mph speed limit bill. From Gazette article 1/25/1974 "El Paso County legislators who had roles in the passage of the bill were on hand Thursday. From left, Rep...
Image Number: 004-399
Item Type: PhotographDate: 1974-01-24
Description: Legislator Floyd Pettie Jr. at his desk in the state capitol building. A former Colorado Springs City Councilman, Pettie was elected to the State Legislature in November of 1972 representing El P...
Image Number: 004-398
Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1965
Description: Group photo taken at Duncan's Bar and Café, 23 1/2 - 27 West Colorado Ave. Identified from left to right: Mrs. Selena Charlton, Claudia [Jones] Morgan, Vernon Bragg, Mary Helen Duncan, unidentif...
Image Number: 001-8751
Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1960
Description: Set up for the band performing at The Cotton Club. The sign on the wall proclaims the Club's famous invitation - Everybody Welcome. In the late 1950s Colorado Springs could boast that it offer...
Image Number: 412-3
Item Type: PhotographDate: 2005
Description: Cornelius Bragg visits with Lulu Pollard and Greg Johnson after viewing photos of the historic Cotton Club run by his sister, Fannie Mae Duncan.
Image Number: 412-31
Item Type: PhotographDate: ca. 1965
Description: The Duncan and Bragg families enjoy drinks in their family-run business. Group photo taken at Duncan's Bar and Café, 23 1/2 - 27 West Colorado Ave. Identified from left to right: Mrs. Selena Cha...
Image Number: 412-105