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Fannie Mae Duncan and friends stand on the street in front of the Cotton Club in 1955. The neon sign on the building reads “Duncan’s Cafe Bar Lounge.” Duncan graduated from the integrated Colorado Springs High School (now Palmer High) in 1938, the first in her family to get a diploma, according to a Nov. 5, 2018, Gazette article. She went into business for herself at age 26. Duncan bought the building that would become Duncan’s Cafe and later the Cotton Club across from the Antlers hotel, when she was just 28. Photograph by Lew Tilley, Courtesy of Pikes Peak Library District, 099-10714
Chances are, if you live in Colorado Springs, you’ve seen Molly McClure’s artwork around. If you’ve driven down Platte Avenue or had a coffee at Urban Steam, you definitely have.
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Jackie Robinson, second from left, and Bob Feller, second from right, were beaming when they were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. They were selected in their first year of eligibility. Robinson got his start in the Negro Leagues.
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