Monday, April 12, 2021

1948 Passenger ticket and baggage check for Northwest Orient Airlines, illustrating their newly initiated around-the-globe routes to the Far East.

This ticket was used by George Urdang of Madison for a round trip to Washington, D.C. The total charge, plus tax, was $95.57.

https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM10935

2 comments:

  1. $95.57 in 1949 money is equal to $1060.60 today.

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    1. right. It was damn expensive.
      Fwiw, my understanding of any todays dollars vs 100 years ago, is multiply by ten.
      Fifty years, 5 times.
      Twenty years, 2 times

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