Empty Mansions

divide the newer value by 23.2.
    1840: $43 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide the newer value by 23.2)
    1850: $36 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 27.8)
    1860: $39 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 25.7)
    1870: $55 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 18.3)
    1880: $42 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 23.9)
    1890: $39 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 25.7)
    1900: $36 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 27.8)
    1910: $40 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 24.8)
    1920: $85 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 11.7)
    1930: $71 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 14.0)
    1940: $60 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 16.7)
    1950: $103 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 9.7)
    1960: $127 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 7.9)
    1970: $167 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 6.0)
    1980: $357 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 2.8)
    1990: $556 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 1.8)
    2000: $714 = $1,000 in 2013 (divide by 1.4)
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    * These conversions use the consumer price index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the years beginning 1913 and
Historical Statistics of the United States
(Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1975) for earlier years. Some researchers contend that these conversions greatly underweight the true change in the value of the dollar.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

 
    B ILL D EDMAN introduced the public to heiress Huguette Clark and her empty mansions through his compelling series of narratives for NBC, which became the most popular feature in the history of its news website, topping 110 million page views. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting while writing for
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
and has written for
The New York Times, The Washington Post
, and
The Boston Globe
.
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    P AUL C LARK N EWELL , J R ., a cousin of Huguette Clark, has researched the Clark family history for twenty years, sharing many conversations with Huguette about her life and family. He received a rare private tour of Bellosguardo, the mysterious oceanfront Clark estate in Santa Barbara.
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