Historic Prices: 1936

Automobiles

New
  • De Soto, 695.00
  • Pontiac Eight, 730.00
  • Studebaker, 665.00
Used
  • 1930 Chevrolet sedan, 150.00
  • 1932 Ford V-8 sport coupe, 265.00

Clothing

  • Boys' overcoat, wool, 8.69-11.98/each
  • Boys' pants and breeches, corduroy, 1.98-2.98/pair
  • Boys' school suit, 7.94-16.95/each
  • Boys' sweater, Zephyr, 1.49-2.50/each
  • Girls' dresses, woolen, 3.69-5.98/each
  • Girls' hose [tights], woolen, .25-.39/pair
  • Girls' pajamas, flannel, .79-1.29/each
  • Infant's sweater, 1.98-2.98/each
  • Men's shirt, Arrow, 1.45-2.50/each
  • Men's shoes, Bostonian, 4.95-6.50/pair
  • Men's silk necktie, .65-1.00/each
  • Men's ski suit, 5.98-9.89/each
  • Men's sport coat, 19.98/each
  • Men's suit, 14.95-26.75/each
  • Men's trousers, 2.45/pair
  • Men's vest, woolen, 1.98-2.98/each
  • Women's dress shoes, 3.45-6.00/pair
  • Woman's garter belt, 2.00-2.95/each
  • Women's gloves, pigskin, 1.98-2.50/pair
  • Women's hats, 1.45/each
  • Women's scarf sets, .49-1.50/each
  • Women's suit, 2 pieces, 6.98-12.98/each

Employment

  • Cook and housekeeper, live-in, 75.00/month
  • Demonstrator for Fashion Frocks, up to 15.00/week plus dresses free of extra cost
  • Doorman for theatre, 15.00/week

Food & beverages

  • Apples, Rome Beauty, .10/3 lbs
  • Applesauce, .20/3 cans
  • Bacon, .19/half pound
  • Beans, lima, Iona brand, .05/1 lb can
  • Beef, chopped, .25/2 lbs
  • Beef, pot roast, .29/lb
  • Bread, white, .08/loaf
  • Cheese, cream, .29/lb
  • Chicken, roasting, .32/lb
  • Cocoa, Hershey's, .07/1 lb can
  • Coffee, 8 O'Clock, .29/2 one lb pkgs
  • Cookies, N.B.C. Graham Crackers, .17/pkg
  • Eggs, .27/dozen; Gold Seal brand, .39/dozen
  • Fish, red salmon, Horseshoe brand, .21/can
  • Flour, pancake, .15/2 pkgs
  • Frankfurters & bologna, .21/lb
  • Grapefruits, juicy Florida, .14/3 fruits
  • Ham, .27/can
  • Ketchup, Pride of the Farm brand, .09/12 oz bottle
  • Lettuce, iceberg, .07/head
  • Milk, Sheffield's, .05/tall can
  • Oats, Quaker, .15/2 pkgs
  • Oysters, .19/dozen
  • Potatoes, 1.85/100 lb bag
  • Preserves, orange marmalade, Chivers Grange brand, .19/6 oz jar
  • Salt, Diamond Crystal shaker, .09/2 26 oz pkgs
  • Spaghetti, .17/3 cans
  • Sugar, .49/10 lbs
  • Syrup, corn, Karo brand (blue label), .12/can
  • Tea, 5 O'Clock, .25/3 pkgs

Furniture

  • Bedroom suite, mahogany, 7 piece, 179.00-257.00/set
  • Bedroom suite, maple, 6 piece, 169.99-342.00/set
  • Chair, pillow back, 49.00-69.95/each
  • Lamp, floor, 12.95-17.95/each
  • Living room set, 3 piece, used, 6.95/set
  • Rugs, oriental, Sarouk, 9' X 19', 395.00-1,275.00/each

Household goods

  • Ammonia, .09/quart
  • Blanket, woolen, 6.98-8.95/each
  • Broom, .29/each
  • Coal heating stove, used, 9.00/each
  • Garbage can, 10 gallon, 1.00/each
  • Lamp (light bulbs), house, .05/each
  • Matches, Ohio Blue Tip, .09/2 boxes
  • Mattress protector, 54" X 76", 1.45/each
  • Mop, Johnson's Triangle Kleen floor, .39/each
  • Napkins, paper, .06/80 count pkg
  • Pillowcases, .25/each
  • Refrigerator, used, 20.00/each
  • Sheet, 90" X 108", 1.25-1.49/each
  • Towel, Turkish, Cannon brand, .39-.50/each
  • Window shade, 35", .49/each

Newspapers

Daily Record [Morristown NJ] .02/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Aspirin, .19-.50/100 count bottle
  • Bel-Caps #2 (for colds), .50/pkg
  • Carter's Little Liver Pills, .25/bottle
  • Hand lotion, Jergen's, .28-.50/jar
  • Lipstick, Tatoo brand, .67-1.00/each
  • Mystic cream, .21/jar
  • Shaving cream, Barbasol, .13-.25/tube
  • Skin cream, Noxema, .37-1.00/jar
  • Soap, Lifebuoy, .17/3 cakes
  • Toilet paper, Seminole, .19/3 rolls
  • Toothpaste, Dr. West's, .25/big tube
  • Vicks VapoRub, .19/jar, .30/jar

Real estate

Houses for sale 6 rooms, 5,000.00 Houses for rent Bungalows, furnished or unfurnished, 25.00-55.00/month Apartments & rooms
  • Morristown, 1 Kinney St., 2nd floor, 5 rooms and bath, 20.00/month
  • Morristown, 57 Speedwell Ave., 5 rooms, 18.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Board game, Monopoly, 1.98/each
  • Dinner, Jockey Hollow Inn, 1.00/each; lunch, .50/each
  • Dinner, Kings Arms Restaurant, .65/each
  • Empire Burlesque, .35, .55 & .75/ticket
  • Movie, Roth's in Madison, .40/ticket
  • Piano, player, used, 63.00 (originally 650.00)
  • Yarn, .10/100 yards
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