Historic Prices: 1907

Automobiles

New [none advertised] Used [none advertised]

Clothing

  • Boy's shoes, 1.00/pair
  • Boy's suit, 1.59/each
  • Children's coat, 1.49-7.98/each
  • Girl's dress, .23-3.25/each
  • Cloak, fur-lined, 27.00-75.00/each
  • Men's coat, 13.75-38.00/each
  • Men's collars, .06/each
  • Men's hat, derby style, .98-1.45/each
  • Men's overalls, .33/pair
  • Men's pants, "Nufang," 3.75/pair
  • Men's shoes, 2.00/pair
  • Men's shirt, .35/each
  • Men's suit, 2.50-8.00/each
  • Men's suspenders, .08/pair
  • Men's sweater, wool, 1.39-3.00/each
  • Umbrella, silk, 2.75-4.00/each
  • Women's coat, 4.75-9.98/each
  • Women's shoes, 2.95-4.00/pair
  • Women's skirt, 1.25-2.98/each
  • Women's suit, 6.98-22.00/each
  • Women's waist (blouses), .39-2.49/each

Employment & services

Girl, light housekeeping & childcare, 5.00/month

Food & beverages

  • Bacon, XXX boneless, .15/lb
  • Bananas, .05/dozen
  • Baking powder, .20/lb
  • Beans, .08/quart
  • Beef, corned, .04/lb
  • Beef, rib roast, .10-.12/lb
  • Butter, .27/lb
  • Candy, caramels, .30-.40/lb
  • Cereal, puffed rice, .25/3 pkgs
  • Chicken, .18/lb
  • Corn, .05/can
  • Coffee, Hotel Astor, .35/lb
  • Crackers, National Biscuit Company, Uneeda, .10/2 pkgs
  • Cranberries, Cape Cod, .10/quart
  • Cream of Wheat, .25/2 boxes
  • Eggs, .25/dozen
  • Fish, bloaters, .05/2
  • Fish, salt herring, .20/dozen
  • Flour, Christian's XXXX Minnesota Patent, 5.15/bushel barrel (bbl)
  • Ham, California, .11/lb
  • Jelly, apple, .22/5 lbs
  • Ketchup, .25/3 bottles
  • Lamb, forequarters, Canadian, .09/lb
  • Lentils, .12/lb
  • Margarine, Cottolene .09/lb can
  • Oats, Quaker, .25/5 lb pkg
  • Onions, fancy yellow, .40/half bushel basket
  • Oranges, navel, .25/13
  • Oysters, .35/quart
  • Rice, puffed, .25/3 packages
  • Soup, Campbell's, .25/3 cans
  • Tea, India Ceylon, .25/lb
  • Vinegar, .10/bottle
  • Worcestershire sauce, S & S, .17/pint

Household & seasonal goods

  • Ammonia, .10/bottle
  • Blankets, full-size, .59/each
  • Blueing, .10/bottle
  • Cleanser, Dutch, .08-.10/can
  • Coal, pea, 5.10/ton
  • Comfortables [comforters], full-size, .79/each
  • Napkins, .75/dozen
  • Lye, S & S, .22/3 cans
  • Soap, scouring, .25.6 cakes
  • Sheets, 54" X 90", .39/each
  • Table cloth, damask, full size, .68/yard
  • Tea set, China, 7.50-12.00/set
  • Toweling, .49/yard
  • Washing powder, Grandma's, .15/pkg
  • Window shades, 6' X 8', .24-.50/each

Newspaper

.01/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Combs, fancy, .29-.40/each
  • Diapers, cloth, single width, .45-.69/dozen
  • Eye glasses, gold wire frames, 1.00/pair
  • Hair tonic, Dandrocide, 1.00/bottle
  • Headache pills, Ake-in-the-Head, .10/bottle
  • Laxative, Bromoquinine, .25/box
  • Toilet paper, .20/6 rolls

Real estate

Houses for sale [advertised, no price] Houses for rent [advertised, no price] Apartments & rooms Morristown, 5 rooms, 10.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Theatre, Lyceum Theatre [Morristown NJ], .35-1.00/ticket
  • Trunks and suitcases, 1.00-2.50/each
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