Try the "inflation calculator" at
http://www.westegg.com/inflation
We needed to use something like that here, and after much tiresome
searching, that's what we found -- much simpler than slaving over a
calculator!

Karen Thompson
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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At 19:50 7/07/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone know a formula to translate ca. 1900 dollars into present day
>amount? Say an item cost $50 or $100 in 1900. What would that value be in
>today's dollars? Thanks!
>
>Mary Ames Sheret
>Southern Oregon Historical Society
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