Looking Back: What a Dollar Used to Buy

How has the purchasing power of a dollar fluctuated over the past 100 or so years? Hop into your virtual time machine and travel with us through a visual image gallery of what you could have bought for a dollar in days gone by. Next up: 1900s: Got Oyster Stew? ► Pre-1900: Polly Put the Kettle On, We'll All Have Tea Slide 1 of 13 ...