The cover of "Everybody Welcome -- A memoir of Fannie Mae Duncan and the Cotton Club"
Fannie Mae Duncan and Kathleen Esmiol after the first performance of a play "Everybody Welcome" about Duncan's life as written and performed by Eagleview Middle School students in 1993.. Courtesy Kathleen Esmiol.
This was Fannie Mae Duncan's mansion at 615 N. Corona St. This photo was sent out as a Christmas card by Duncan, who hosted visiting black musicians, entertainers and dignitaries at the mansion. The photo was from Duncan's personal scrapbook. Courtesy Kathleen Esmiol.
Edward Roy Duncan was six years older than Fannie Mae Bragg when they married shortly after her graduation from Colorado Springs High School in 1938. He was a cook and supported her efforts to build a business, working along side her at the Cotton Club until his death at age 42 in 1955. Photo is from Duncan's personal scrapbook. Courtesy Kathleen Esmiol.
Fannie Mae Duncan in 1995. Courtesy Kathleen Esmiol.
Fannie Mae Duncan in an undated photo from her personal scrapbook. Courtesy Kathleen Esmiol.
Fannie Mae Duncan in 1938 in her senior class photo from Colorado Springs High School. Photo is from Duncan's personal scrapbook. Courtesy Kathleen Esmiol.
Undated photo of the Cotton Club from Fannie Mae Duncan's personal scrapbook. Courtesy Kathleen Esmiol.
