Historic Prices: 1926

Automobiles

New
  • Chrysler "58," sedan, 995.00
  • Dodge touring car, 795.00
  • Dodge Type B sedan, 895.00-1,045.00
Used
  • 1919, Cole Phaeton, 250.00
  • 1916, Pierce Arrow touring, 350.00

Clothing

  • Boots, Goodrich Zipperboots, 3.00-6.00/pair
  • Boys' suit, 2.45-14.65/each
  • Children's dress, 3.98/each
  • Corset, 1.89-3.95/each
  • Dyed Muscrat coat, 190.00-290.00/each
  • Hair net, .25/dozen
  • Hats, Paige, 8.98/each
  • Men's overcoat, 23.65-30.00/each
  • Men's trousers, 2.40-5.90/pair
  • Mink coat, 150.00/each
  • Women's dress, Radioux Chiffon, 5.95/each
  • Woman's dress, silk, 16.50/each
  • Women's nightgown, .95-3.90/each

Employment

Car salesman, 200.00/month

Food & beverages

  • Bacon, Armour's Star, .50/lb
  • Beans, lima, .25/2 cans
  • Beef, porterhouse steak, .29/lb
  • Bologna, .25/lb
  • Butter, Finest creamery, .53/lb
  • Cheese, .43/lb
  • Chicken, boiling, .29/lb
  • Cocoa, Benefit brand, .25/lb can
  • Coffee, Pan American, .43/lb can
  • Cookies, Sunshine biscuits, .09/2 pkgs
  • Eggs, .56/dozen
  • Fish, codfish, Beardley's prepared, .25/2 pkgs
  • Flour, Benefit Pastry, .39/5 lbs
  • Ham, smoked cali, .22/lb
  • Honey, pure clover, .25/pint
  • Ketchup, Cloverdale, .23/bottle
  • Lamb, leg, .37/lb
  • Macaroni, Mueller's, .11/pkg
  • Maple syrup, .29/jug
  • Milk, Cloverdale evaporated, .29/3 cans
  • Oatmeal, H.O. brand, .25/2 pkgs
  • Oranges, sweet Florida, .32/dozen
  • Peaches, Hancock, .25/2.5 oz can
  • Pickles, Taste Tells brand, .50/3 jars
  • Potatoes, 1.59/25 lb basket
  • Syrup, maple, .49/pint
  • Tea, Orange Pekoe, .25/quarter lb
  • Tomatoes, Benefit, .25/3 cans
  • Vanilla extract, pure, .59/4 oz

Furniture

  • Bassinettes, 5.25-12.50/each
  • Bedroom suite, 157.00/4 pieces
  • Chair, night chair, 5.95/each
  • Cribs, 9.75-22.50/each
  • Dining room set, 180.00/10 pieces
  • Lamps, wood with metal base and shade, 22.50-35.00/each
  • Living room set, 194.00/3 pieces
  • Rugs, Persian, Asia Minor & Chinese, 9' X 12', 189.00-381.00/each

Household goods

  • Bedspreads, satin finish, 80" X 90", 2.95-4.00/each
  • Blankets, wool, 9.45-12.50/each
  • Linoleum (floor covering), 1.45/yard
  • Range, with Lorain regulator 73.00-175.00/each
  • Sheets, 7.50-12.75/each
  • Towels, bath, Cannon, 5.75-10.75/each

Newspapers

Daily Record [Morristown NJ] .02/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Aspirin, Bayer, .72/100 count bottle
  • Bell-ans (for indigestion), .25 & .75/pkg
  • Bromoquinine (laxative tablets), .30/pkg
  • Curling iron, electric, .79-3.95/each
  • Gauze, Curity, .45-.60/5 yards
  • Hair pins, .10/100 count pkg
  • Heet (for rheumatism), .60/pkg
  • Milk of Magnesia, .21/16 oz bottle
  • Shampoo, .23/6 oz bottle
  • Soap, Lifebuoy, .33/6 bars
  • Spirits of camphor, .39-.50/4 oz bottle
  • Toilet paper, .20/2000 sheets
  • Toothbrush, .50/3 brushes
  • Toothpaste, Pebeco, .29/large tube

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morris Plains, 7 rooms, electricity & steam, 9,000.00
  • Morristown, two family, 5 rooms each, 2 car garage, 13,000.00
  • Morristown, 7 rooms, stucco house, latest improvements, 10,500.00
Houses for rent
  • Morristown, 6 rooms, 50.00/month
  • Bungalow, 3 rooms, 30.00/month
Apartments & rooms YMCA furnished rooms, 4.25/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Cocker Spaniel puppy, 20.00/each
  • Fire wood, oak, 8.00/cord
  • Jersey Central Power & Light stock, 96.00/share
  • Piano, black, second-hand, 30.00/each
  • Piano, player, 339.00/each
  • Radio, 75.00/each
  • Radio, Eagle Built, WOR set, 129.99-200.00/each
  • Radio battery, 100 amp, 16.00/each
  • Safe deposit box, 2.50+/each
  • Theatre, Palace, matinee: .15 & .20/ticket; evening, .20 & .30/ticket
  • Trolley from Morristown to Hopatcong, .49/ticket
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