Keep in mind these numbers when looking at the cost of living in 1938: Tuition at Harvard is now $38,891, a 2014 Prius is about $25,000, the median price for a single-family home is around $200,000, and per capita income is just below $30,000...
1938 Cost of Living pic.twitter.com/0oRcpmyNQi
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) May 1, 2014