Red Carpet Couture

Photo shoot! Walk down the red carpet and make sure to post your pictures on your socials and tag Market Theatre! We’ll also be posting all of the official photos from the night there!

Old Money

The streets of turn of the century America were a strange place in big cities: rubbing elbows side by side were the upper crust and the lowly workers. Fine threads alongside crates and barrels. 

Regardless of class, much like today everyone was keeping an eye on the price of goods. See you if you guess prices of goods in 1915 versus today–scroll all the way down to see today’s prices!

• Average annual pay in 1915? $687

• Price of a car in 1915? $2,005

• Loaf of bread? $.07

• Dozen eggs? $.34

• Pound of steak? $.26 

• Shoes? $3-$10

Keep scrolling to reveal today’s prices:

• Average annual pay today? $16,063 

• Price of a car today? $46,879   

• Loaf of bread today? $3.24

• A dozen eggs today? $2.15

• Pound of steak today? $10.63

• A pair of shoes today? $70-$233

The Studio

Here you see a fashion designer at work in their studio creating wearable art – sewing machines still running, paint freshly splattered, and some streetwear pieces near perfection. 

Think back to your kindergarten art days: 

• What art piece were you the most proud to bring home to Mom and Dad?

• Which piece of art was most refrigerator worthy? 

• Which were your parents just being kind about? 

Your Turn: Become the Costume

Grab a drink from the bar next door and take a seat! Enjoy all of the fun and excitement happening around you in the beautiful Bleckley Station. 

Fight for Our Rights

Throughout the 20th century women across America and England fought for the right to vote and, along with it, their right to an equal voice and opportunity. And 100 years later, women across the world still fight for this same right and many more along with it. 

Test your knowledge on the subject with this trivia: 

1. What amendment gave US women the right to vote? –

2. When did SC ratify the 19th Amendment? –

3. Name 3 famous suffragists. –

4. Who was the first woman elected to the US Congress? –

5. Who was the first woman to run for US president? –

Scroll down to view the answers!

1. 19th Amendment 

2. 1969

3. Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, Emily Davison, Emmeline Pankhurst, and many others

4. Jeannette Rankin in 1917

5. Victoria Woodhull in 1872