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Restore Education’s 15th Birthday Bash

Our photos from Restore Education’s 15th Birthday Bash, a 1920s speakeasy night at the 1902 Nightclub inside The Espee, San Antonio’s historic Sunset Station train depot. Guests in flapper dresses and newsboy caps posed on the red carpet, heard from Restore Education’s co-founder and one of its graduates, and played roulette, craps and blackjack on the patio.

A woman in a black beaded outfit and a man in a black velvet jacket and hat stand at a wooden balcony rail in a hall with a pink-lit ceiling and round stained glass window.

Two guests stand at the balcony rail, the old depot’s stained glass window glowing behind them.

Setting the scene

A grand hall with a barrel-vaulted ceiling, balconies, a round stained glass window and tables set below, seen from a staircase.

The main hall of the 1902 Nightclub stands ready for Restore Education’s 15th Birthday Bash, its tables set beneath a barrel-vaulted ceiling and round stained glass window.

A round table with a white tablecloth holds a centerpiece of white roses, anemones and black feathers, a Table 8 card and printed cards.

White roses, anemones and black feathers top each table, with a flapper on the table number.

A black program card reading Restore Education’s 15th Birthday Bash beside a wrapped round favor with a gold number 15.

The program card for Restore Education’s 15th Birthday Bash sits beside a party favor stamped with a gold 15.

An art deco welcome sign for Restore Education’s 15th Birthday Bash stands on an easel in an arched hallway with a red carpet and balloons.

A welcome sign and a red carpet greet guests at the door.

Dozens of bottles wrapped in shiny gold and silver foil, each tagged with a playing card, stand on a round table lit in blue.

Bottles wrapped in gold and silver foil line a table under the red curtains.

The red carpet

Six women in 1920s-style outfits pose with paper fans and props in front of a Restore Education backdrop topped with black, white and gold balloons.

Friends ham it up with fans and props at the balloon backdrop.

A man in a red fedora and red vest stands with a woman in a red beaded flapper dress and black feather headband in front of the backdrop.

A couple dressed for the Roaring Twenties poses on the red carpet.

A man in a gray hat, glasses and suspenders opens his mouth wide behind a paper megaphone prop in front of the Restore Education backdrop.

A guest shouts into a paper megaphone prop at the photo backdrop.

A man in a flat cap and suspenders and a woman in a sequined dress hold up a cocktail and a paper prop in front of the backdrop.

A couple raises a cocktail and a party prop for the camera.

Two men in vests and newsboy caps pose with a pipe and a silver-topped cane in front of the backdrop.

Two guests go full gangster with a pipe, a cane and newsboy caps.

Inside the speakeasy

The vaulted hall glows pink and red under coffered arches, with a stained glass window and a sponsor screen above the stage.

Pink and blue lights wash the arched ceiling of the 1902 Nightclub above the stage.

Three musicians play a snare drum, an upright bass and an acoustic guitar on a small stage under a screen of sponsor logos.

A trio on drum, upright bass and guitar plays from the stage.

Five guests in 1920s-style dresses, suspenders and a flat cap pose together on a balcony under an ornate arched ceiling.

Five friends in flapper dresses, suspenders and caps pose on the balcony.

A crowd of guests in suits, hats and dresses talk and hold drinks in a red-lit room near a bar.

Guests mingle over drinks near the bar.

Four women in black, red and gold beaded 1920s-style dresses and long pearls pose arm in arm in the hall.

Four friends in beads and sequins pose in the hall.

The program

A woman speaks from a booth marked 1902 beneath a large screen reading Welcome to Restore Education’s 15th Birthday Bash.

The program opens under a giant welcome screen and the club’s 1902 sign.

A woman in a black outfit with a long gold necklace speaks into a microphone on a dark stage.

Restore Education’s co-founder, president and CEO speaks to the room.

A smiling woman in a flapper headband speaks into a microphone behind a booth, under a lit sign reading Restore Education Graduate.

A Restore Education graduate speaks to the room, her title on the screen above.

A woman with a jeweled headband smiles while watching the stage, a man in a bow tie and cap behind her.

A guest smiles as she listens to the speakers.

Three women in 1920s-style dresses sit in a dim balcony looking toward the stage, lit in red.

Guests in the balcony watch the program in the red stage light.

Casino night

A dealer in a gray vest runs a roulette table as guests lean in to place chips under strings of lights on an outdoor patio.

Guests place their bets at the roulette wheel on the patio.

A smiling woman in a purple beaded dress and black gloves throws dice down a green craps table as another woman watches.

A guest in purple sends the dice down the craps table.

Four women in sparkling dresses laugh and react around a green blackjack table with cards and chips.

Friends react to the cards at the blackjack table.

A woman with a red bob, a jeweled headband and a green beaded flapper dress smiles while holding a red casino chip.

A guest holds up a red casino chip with a grin.

Three smiling women in black dresses and pearls lean together while one holds up a phone for a selfie.

Three friends squeeze in for a selfie.

A white-haired dealer slides chips toward a smiling woman with long curly hair at a roulette table crowded with guests.

Guests buy in at the roulette table.

Late night

Guests in suits and dresses stand and smile around casino tables under iron arches strung with lights at night.

Guests gather under the patio’s iron arches and string lights as the night winds down.

Two women in flapper headbands hug and smile in the middle of the hall, a round window lit up behind them.

Two guests share a hug in the middle of the hall.

A woman with a black feather headpiece and a purple dress throws her head back laughing, a hand on her shoulder.

A guest in a feathered headpiece laughs with a friend late in the evening.

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