What would that cost back then and in today's dollars?
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A fortune, far beyond the means of ordinary working people. Overseas travel via ship was much more affordable, just a lot slower.
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Sign me up and make mine medium rare with a bottle of Chateau Lafitte.
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Passengers got dressed up for air travel!
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People got dressed up for just about everything back then - even state fairs and amusement parks! Women in dresses/heels & men in suits/hats
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I am so happy you posted this. I've long been curious about what it was like to travel via clipper ship. Nearly forgotten piece of our past.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt celebrating his 61st birthday on a 314 Clipper in January 11, 1943 https://allenontravel.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/flying-first-class-on-pan-american-world-airways-clipper/ …pic.twitter.com/uCOyat8Xz7
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There's irony here. Airline service of today
v service of 60+ years ago.
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An American Eagle (manufacturer, not airline) in 1929 piloted by by grandfather. Kansas, MO on display at a downtown auto dealer.pic.twitter.com/PmyGisxC3h
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Today's fares are a bargainhttp://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/air-travel-today-is-a-damn-bargain-951705216 …
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@witoldr Mom, sister and Dad dining aboard the post-World War II Pennsylvania Railroad "Silver Meteor".pic.twitter.com/rllYcYDsN0
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Looks miserable. Not decent bottle of wine in sight.
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The couple in the top left of the photo look like Hitler and Eva Braun, no?
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Get that guy another High Life
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Looks like a restaurant. Now you get squeezed into 1/2 seat and get charged for a bag of pretzels.
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Oh, I much prefer being stuffed in a flying mailing tube & given a bag with 7 peanuts.
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Love this! And the suits. And the pearls!
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