“Shop, See this Sights and the Shows and Live Comfortably” said an ad in the newspaper for the Hotel Lexington in Manhattan on this day in 1931. Single-occupancy rooms were $3.50 to $6 per night. In today’s dollars, that’s about $75 to $128. The current rate for a standard room at the Lexington starts about $400.

— Museum of Old Newbury

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