1933

Automobiles

New
  • Chevrolet, various models, 445.00-565.00
  • Plymouth, Six, 445.00
  • Pontiac, Straight Eight, 585.00
Used
  • 1932, Plymouth, Coach, 350.00
  • 1931, Chevrolet, Coupe, 350.00
  • 1929, Chevrolet, Coach, 125.00

Clothing

  • Boy's knickers, .95/pair
  • Girl's dress, .39/each
  • Hat, white, 1.39/each
  • Men's shoes, sport, 3.00/pair
  • Men's slacks, 1.95/pair
  • Men's suit, 25.00/each
  • Men's sweater, wool, 1.25/each
  • Women's bathing caps, .25/each
  • Women's bathing suit, 4.00/each
  • Women's blouse, cotton, .39/each
  • Women's coat, wool tweed, 6.75/each
  • Women's dress, Nelly Don, 1.98/each
  • Women's skirt, silk, 1.75/each

Food & beverages

  • Baking powder, KC, .25/25 oz
  • Beef, prime rib roast, .17/lb
  • Bread, white, .05/20 oz loaf
  • Cereal, Kellogg's, Corn Flakes, .07/pkg
  • Cheese, American, .23/lb
  • Cherries, fancy, .19/lb
  • Chicken, .12/lb
  • Chocolates, assorted, .29/lb
  • Coffee, Ideal, .23/lb
  • Cookies, Uneeda Bakers, Priscilla cookies, .29/2 pkgs
  • Crackers, Uneeda Bakers, Saltines, .17/lb
  • Cucumbers, .10/3
  • Doughnuts, jelly, .17/dozen
  • Duck, .17/lb
  • Eggs, .21/dozen
  • Fish, Birdseye Frosted, salmon steaks, .27/lb
  • Ham, Hormel, canned, .39/lb
  • Ice cream, Brick, .39/quart
  • Jell-O, .17/3 pkgs
  • Juice, Asco, grape, .10/pint bottle
  • Lamb, leg, .19/lb
  • Lemons, Sunkist, .19/12
  • Lettuce, iceberg, .10/head
  • Milk, Whitehouse, evaporated, .17/3 tall cans
  • Mushrooms, Brandywine, sliced, .15/4 oz can
  • Olives, Asco, stuffed, .25/11 oz bottle
  • Onions, pearl, .10/pkg
  • Oranges, California, .21/dozen
  • Preserves, Ann Page, .15/16 oz jar
  • Peanut butter, Asco, .25/2 pint jar
  • Salad dressing, Kraft, Miracle Whip, .10/half pint
  • Soda, Canada Dry, ginger ale, .25/two 12 oz bottles
  • Sugar, granulated, .24/5 lbs
  • Tea, .18-.35/quarter pound tin

Furniture

  • Bench, Lawn, hardwood, 1.00-1.49/each
  • Chair, beach, includes canopy, 1.69-3.00/each
  • Dining room set, walnut, 10 pieces, 100.00

Garden & lawn equipment

  • Chair, Adirondack, unfinished, 1.50-1.98/each
  • Rake, bamboo, 18", .15/each
  • Sand box with canopy, 30 square inches, 1.99

Household goods

  • Ammonia, .17/2 oz
  • Fly swatter, .10/each
  • Fly paper, Tanglefoot, .05/2 ribbons
  • Gloves, Goodrich, rubber, .25-.50/pair
  • Jelly jars, Mason, quart size, .75/dozen
  • Laundry detergent, Borax, .15/pkg
  • Light bulbs, Westinghouse, .18/each
  • Paint, Devoe, lead & zinc, 2.75/gallon
  • Range, gas, 68.25/each
  • Refrigerator, Frigidaire, 96.00/each
  • Scouring pads, Brillo, .25/2 large pkgs
  • Towels, Martex, 21" X 42", 1.00/6

Personal care & health

  • Aspirin, 5 grain strength, .09/12 pill box
  • Hair tonic, quinine, .19/bottle
  • Laxative, Ex Lax, .13/pkg
  • Milk of magnesia, .21/bottle
  • Nose drops, .17/pkg
  • Razor, gold plated, .19/each
  • Shampoo, Palmolive, .27-.50/bottle
  • Soap, Life Buoy, .05/cake
  • Sunburn cream, Ungentine, .35-.50/pkg
  • Talcum powder, Mavis, .14/pkg
  • Toilet tissue, Waldorf, .17/4 rolls
  • Toothpaste, Listerine, .25/tube

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morris Plains, 6 rooms, 6,700.00
  • Morristown, 6 rooms, 6,000.00
  • Morristown, 7 rooms, 4,500.00
Houses for rent
  • Morris Plains, half house, 6 rooms, 22.50/month
  • Morristown, half house, 7 rooms, 25.00/month
  • Morristown, half house, 6 rooms, 30.00/month
Apartments & rooms Morristown, 5 rooms, 35.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Automobile races, Woodbridge Speedway, .55/admission; 1.00/grandstand admission
  • Banana split, .15/each
  • Baseball game, Lackawanna League, Chatham vs. Morristown, .35/admission
  • Bus trip, Morristown-Coney Island NY, 1.25/round trip ticket
  • Dance, Club Juan [Morristown], 2.50/couple
  • Lunch, Thode's [Morristown & Boonton], .30-.50/plate
  • Movie ticket, .10 & .15/matinee; .15 & .25/evening
  • Opera, Aida, Newark School Stadium [Newark NJ], open air facility, .55-1.65/ticket
  • Railroad trip, Lackawanna RR, Morristown-Chicago, 25.00/round trip ticket
How much did it cost to stock Thanksgiving tables in 1933? These prices were advertised in The Daily Record [Morris County New Jersey], November 21-27, 1933. Meat, fowl & fish
  • Beef, prime rib roast, 17 cents/lb
  • Chicken, roasting, 21 cents/lb
  • Clams, 15 cents/dozen
  • Duck, Long Island, 18 cents/lb
  • Goose, fresh, 19 cents/lb
  • Ham, Swift's Premium, 14 cent/lb
  • Haddock, fillet, 19 cents/lb
  • Lamb, leg, 17 cents/lb
  • Oysters, Long Island, 15 cents/dozen
  • Pork Loins, Jersey, 14 cents/lb
  • Shrimp, 12 cents/lb
  • Turkey, 23 cents/lb
Vegetables
  • Celery hearts, 23 cents/2 bunches
  • Olives, stuffed, 17 cents/6 oz jar
  • Onions, white, 5 cents/lb
  • Peas, fresh, 25 cents/2 lbs
  • Sweet potatoes, 10 cents/3 lbs
  • Turnips, yellow, 5 cents/2 lbs
Fruits & nuts
  • Almonds, 21 cents/lb
  • Apples, Baldwin, 25 cents/8lbs
  • Brazil nuts, 17 cents/lb
  • Cranberries, fresh, 17 cents/2 pkgs
  • Cranberry sauce, Ideal, 25 cents/two 17 oz tins
  • Currants, 15 cents/11 oz pkg
  • Dates, Dromedary, 17 cents/7 1/2 oz pkg
  • Figs, Roeding, 25 cents/three 8 oz pkgs
  • Fruit cocktail, Royal Scarlet, 23 cents/2 cans
  • Grapefruit, 25 cents/6
  • Oranges, Florida, 25 cents/15
  • Pecans, Dixie Ann, 29 cents/lb
  • Pumpkin, Ideal, 25 cents/2 No. 3 cans
  • Raisins, Del Monte, 7 cents/pkg
  • Peanuts, salted, Lofts, 19 cents/lb
  • Walnuts, Diamond, 27 cents/lb
Dairy, eggs & cheese
  • Butter, finest sweet, 32 cents/lb
  • Cheese, American, 19 cents/lb
  • Cheese, cream, 31 cents/lb
  • Cheese, Munster, 19 cents/lb
  • Cheese, Swiss Gruyere, 29 cents/6 portions
Desserts
  • Cake, Dundee, Loft's, 39 cents/each
  • Chocolate covered cocoanut royals, Lofts, 39 cents/lb
  • Chocolates, mixed, 35 cents/box
  • Fig pudding, Heinz, 29 cents/14 oz tins
  • Fruit cake, 69 cents/2 lbs
  • Plum Pudding, R&R, 23 cents/lb can
Baking, cereals, spices & condiments
  • Baking powder, Davis, 17 cents/12 oz can
  • Bell's Poultry Seasoning, 9 cents/1 1/2 oz pkg
  • Cocoanut, Baker's Moist, 11 cents/large can
  • Crisco, 16 cents/lb
  • Flour, cake, Swans Down, 29 cents/3 lb pkg
  • Lard, Swift's Silverleaf, 8 cents/lb
  • Milk, evaporated, 16 cents/3 cans
  • Mince Meat, None Such, 11 cents/pkg
  • Pie crust, Flako, 10 cents/pkg
  • Stuffing, Stickney's, 25 cents/2 pkgs
  • Sugar, 23 cents/5 lbs
  • Thyme or sage, 5 cents/pkg
Beverages
  • Beer, Pabst, 10 cents/bottle
  • Cider, Laird's, 39 cents/gallon
  • Coffee, Eight O'Clock, 17 cents/lb
  • Ginger ale, Canada Dry, 25 cents, two 16 oz bottles
  • Juice, grape, Ideal, 23 cents/two 16 oz bottles
  • Juice, tomato, Sun Rayed, 17 cents/3 cans
  • Water, Perrier, 15 cents/12 oz bottle
"Food Market Advice It is time to begin to think of foods which are associated with Thanksgiving and to be sure that they will be included on your marketing list. Among these are yellow turnips, white boiling onions, cranberries for cocktail, jelly or sauce, sweet potatoes, Emperor grapes, Florida oranges, red apples and mixed nuts including new crop pecans, walnuts, almonds, and peanuts. Persimmons, pomegranates, tangerines, Bosc pears and bananas also help to make a fruit and nut centerpiece attractive. Celery, olives and shelled or salted nuts are favorite relishes for the feast. If the traditional onions or turnips are not wanted as the vegetable the more modern Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower or green beans may be served as they are plentiful and inexpensive. Since turkey stuffings are frequently a subject of dispute, some people like their bread stuffing dry, others moist, some people insisting on chestnut, mushroom, oyster, celery or sweet potato stuffing, it is fortunate that all these ingredients are in market at moderate prices. On your list, therefore, should be poultry seasoning, sage or thyme for seasoning your stuffings. The addition of an appetizer course to the standard Thanksgiving dinner grows more common each year. The Quaker Maid suggests several possibilities including tomato juice cocktail, cranberry juice cocktail, pineapple and grapefruit juice, halved grapefruit and oyster, clam or sea food cocktail. Although both fresh squash and pumpkin are in markets and are excellent for pies, canned pumpkin will be found to be satisfactory and a great time saver. Undiluted evaporated milk helps to make this old time favorite thick and creamy in texture. Many people prefer buying mincemeat for pies, and there are several excellent brands available...Turkeys will be surprisingly low for Thanksgiving. It's a good idea to get your order in early. Giving a holiday turkey to a less fortunate neighbor is a thoughtful custom. It is suggested that two pounds per person be allowed for when ordering a turkey. The larger birds have more meat in proportion and we all enjoy turkey left-overs." ---Daily Record [Morristown, N.J.] November 21, 1933 (p. 8)
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