1934

Automobiles

  • Ford V8, 515.00
  • Plymouth, DeLuxe Sedan, 530.00
  • Used, Chevrolet Roadster, 1931, with radio, 225.00
  • Used, Nash, advanced 6 sedan, no year, 45.00
  • Oil, motor, Penn-Treat, .59/2 gallons
  • Tires, Firestone, 7.85-17.50/each

Clothing

  • Men's coat, 14.75-40.00/each
  • Men's suits, Hart, Schaffner & Marx, 24.75-35.00/each
  • Men's shoes, 4.50-7.00/pair
  • Men's shirts, broadcloth, .97-1.49/each
  • Women's dress, 4.00-9.95/each
  • Women's dress shoes, 6.50/pair
  • Women's coats, "dressy," 10.98-39.50/each
  • Women's handbags, .59/each
  • Boy's suits, 13.45-20.00/each
  • Girl's dresses, .59/each
  • Hats, 1.49-2.49/each

Food

  • Bacon, sliced, .10/half pound
  • Beans, baked, B & M, .10-.17/can
  • Beef, boneless chick pot roast, .25/lb
  • Bread, white, .09/lb loaf
  • Cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, .08/box
  • Cheese, American, .21/lb
  • Chewing gum, Parker's, .05/2 packages
  • Chicken, frying, .24/lb
  • Chocolate candy, Fannie Farmer, .60/lb box
  • Cocoa, Hershey's, .25/3 half pound tins
  • Coffee, Chase and Sanborn, .29/lb
  • Crisco, .10/lb can
  • Duck, Long Island, .19/lb
  • Eggs, Wildmere, .27/dozen
  • Fish, cod, frozen, Birdseye, .27/lb box
  • Ham, Armour Star, .18/lb
  • Ice cream, .39/quart
  • Jell-O, .05/pkg
  • Ketchup, Asco, .10/10 oz bottle
  • Macaroni or spaghetti, .07/package
  • Mayonnaise, .17/jar
  • Milk, evaporated, .23/4 cans
  • Onions, Texas, .10/3 lbs
  • Oranges, Extra large Florida, .29/dozen
  • Peanut butter, Ann Page, .14/lb jar
  • Pineapples, fresh whole, .25/2
  • Potatoes, new, .17/5 lbs
  • Soda, ginger ale, Pomeroy Dry, .25/three 28 oz bottles
  • Soup, Campbell's tomato, .25/4 cans
  • Strawberries, .19/2 pint boxes
  • Sugar, confectioners, Jack Frost, .13/2 lb package
  • Tea, Nectar brand, .25/half pound pkg or 30 tea bags
  • Tomatoes, canned, Good Luck brand, .25/3 "no. 2" cans

Furniture

  • Baby crib, .12.50-15.98/each
  • Closet, steel, anti-moth, 4.95/each
  • Rug, rag, 9X12, 17.20/each

Garden equipment

  • Birdbath, stone, 2.49/each
  • Hose, rubber, 25', 1.25/each
  • Lawn mower, 3.79-7.50
  • Rake, bamboo, .15/each
  • Seed, grass, .59/5lbs
  • Seed, vegetable, .05/pkg

Household goods

  • Ammonia, Ideal brand, .15/32 oz bottle
  • Bedspread, hand crocheted, 12.00-25.00/each
  • Cleanser, Old Dutch, .22/3 cans
  • Clothes washer, Sears, 36.95/each
  • Laundry soap, Lux flakes, .09-.21/pkg
  • Paint, House, Benjamin Moore, 2.95-3.20/gallon
  • Range, Sears, 39.95/each
  • Refrigerator, Kelvinator, 114.50/each
  • Sewing machine, Singer, 75.00/each
  • Toilet cleanser, Sani Flush, .22/22 oz can

Newspapers

Daily Record, .02/weekday paper

Personal care & health

  • Absorbine Jr., .95-1.09/bottle
  • Aspirin, Bayer's, .60-.69/100 count bottle
  • Cream, Jergens lotion, .34/jar
  • Iodine, .12/1 ounce
  • Laxative, Ex-Lax, .35-.50/package
  • Mouthwash, Pepsodent, large, .70-.81/bottle
  • Razor blades, Gillette 5's, .18-.25/pkg
  • Shampoo, Pacter's, .40-.46/bottle
  • Shaving cream, Mennen's, .34-.40/large bottle
  • Tissues, Kleenex, .15/200 count box
  • Toilet paper, .14/3 rolls
  • Toothpaste, Ipana, .32/large tube

Real estate

  • Rent, Madison, 10 rooms, 2 car garage 55.00/month
  • Apartment, Morristown, room with kitchen rights, 3.00/week
  • Apartment, Morris Plains, 2 rooms with utilities, 6.00/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Baseball glove, Wilson, 1.49/each
  • Baseballs, Wilson, .33/each
  • Bicycle, Sears, 19.95/each
  • Boat, Richardson Cabin Cruiser, 1,345.00/each
  • Circus, Gorman Brothers, .25/ticket
  • Fishing rod set, 1.95/each
  • Golf set, woods, 6.93/set of 3
  • Horseback riding, Watnong Academy, 1.00/hour
  • Lunch, Thodes Restaurant, Morristown, .30-.50/person
  • Radio, Philco, 18.88-25.00/each
  • Tennis racquet, Sears, 1.79/each
  • Tennis balls, Sears, .50/3 pack