My wife and I came in way under the 1930s price. Home made food/cake in the church basement, bride made her own dress. One glass of champagne for booze. A remote location (northern Alberta) so the groom only had three guests (my mother, my best man, and one college pal).
I did spend more for the suit ($650), but it was also my business/Sunday suit for the next 13 years before wearing out.
When my parents got married, the reception consisted of cake and fruit punch in the church basement.
My wife and I were going to the courthouse and her Mom and mine said no will do the wedding and we said we want it small.
My wife’s grandma said I’ll buy you a wedding dress and rather than spend several hundred of thousands of dollars she picked one from the JC Penny catalog for $400. We printed out invitations and did word of mouth in churches to family and friends. We had pizza for the rehearsal dinner and my wife paid $100 for the cake. I was wearing an old suit and my Mom rented a basic black tux for me and my brother the best man for $100. The ushers wore their suits or shirt and tie, we had two and she had one bridesmaid who wore a pink dress. So for less than $800 we got married and spent two days on our honeymoon in the nearest big city over thirty years ago.