1936 0.085483 11.698239 0.0000% 1935 0.085483 11.698239 3.2811% 1934 0.082767 12.082075 8.9328% 1933 0.075980 13.161341 -2.6088% 1932 0.078015 12.817985 -11.5407% 1931 0.088194 11.338700 -8.4517% 1930 0.096336 10.380385 -2.7367% 1929 0.099046 10.096306 0.0000% 1928 0.099046 10.096306 -0.6823% 1927 0.099727 10.027420 0.0000% 1926 0.099727 10.027420 -2.0001% 1925 0.101762 9.826867 0.6731% 1924 0.101081 9.893016 2.0549% 1923 0.099046 10.096306 0.0000% 1922 0.099046 10.096306 2.8137% 1921 0.096336 10.380385 -7.1894% 1920 0.103798 9.634099 -13.0688% 1919 0.119402 8.375039 15.7925% 1918 0.103118 9.697670 14.2845% 1917 0.090229 11.082933 16.6637% 1916 0.077341 12.929762 20.0069% 1915 0.064447 15.516606 9.1939% 1914 0.059021 16.943183 2.3510% 1913 0.057665 17.341521 1.1940% 1912 0.056985 17.548587 1.1977% 1911 0.056310 17.758770 2.4765% 1910 0.054949 18.198575 0.0000% 1909 0.054949 18.198575 3.8464% 1908 0.052914 18.898565 0.0000% 1907 0.052914 18.898565 -2.5073% 1906 0.054275 18.424717 5.2689% 1905 0.051558 19.395500 2.6987% 1904 0.050203 19.918935 0.0000% 1903 0.050203 19.918935 1.3740% 1902 0.049523 20.192612 2.8128% 1901 0.048168 20.760586 1.4328% 1900 0.047488 21.058052 0.0000% 1899 0.047488 21.058052 16.6611% 1898 0.040706 24.566548 -10.4416% 1897 0.045452 22.001411 0.0000% 1896 0.045452 22.001411 -1.4749% 1895 0.046132 21.676901 1.4970% 1894 0.045452 22.001411 -1.4749% 1893 0.046132 21.676901 -5.5612% 1892 0.048849 20.471407 0.0000% 1891 0.048849 20.471407 -1.3619% 1890 0.049523 20.192612 0.0000% 1889 0.049523 20.192612 -2.6744% 1888 0.050884 19.652578 0.0000% 1887 0.050884 19.652578 1.3553% 1886 0.050203 19.918935 1.3740% 1885 0.049523 20.192612 -1.3553% 1884 0.050203 19.918935 -1.3372% 1883 0.050884 19.652578 -5.0576% 1882 0.053594 18.658633 -3.6586% 1881 0.055630 17.975983 2.4963% 1880 0.054275 18.424717 0.0000% 1879 0.054275 18.424717 5.2689% 1878 0.051558 19.395500 -3.7992% 1877 0.053594 18.658633 -5.9492% 1876 0.056985 17.548587 -1.1800% 1875 0.057665 17.341521 THE PROJECT GUTENBERG PRICE INDEX FROM 1875 TO 2010 How to use the chart, third set of examples: This index will allow you to estimate the cost of any item in the dollars of any year included in the index. Example: You know the cost of an item in 1900 was $1, and you want to know the cost it would have had in 1989 dollar figures [i.e. "adjusting for inflation"]. First go to the base year of 1900, in which 1.000000 is an estimated base for the year 1900. Then look for the 1989 figure in the 1900 table: