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twic on April 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Supersonic Flight Prepares for Takeoff Again

A Rudolph Arhlich got a third-class ticket from Bremen to New York in 1928 for $208.75:

https://www.gjenvick.com/Immigration/ImmigrantTickets/1928-1...

It would have been higher by the '50s, i guess, but not five times higher.

icebraining on April 5, 2018 [–]

That actually undermines my claim :) $208.75 in 1928 is over $3000 today.

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