Historic Prices: 1937

Automobiles

New [Advertised, no prices] Used

• 1935, Dodge, Touring Sedan, 550.00
• 1932, Graham, Sport Sedan, 287.00
• 1927, Whippet, Coach, 25.00

Clothing

• Boy's hooded jacket, 7.98/each
• Coat, raccoon, 98.00/each
• Girl's dress, .37-.44/each
• Men's gloves, pigskin, 1.59-1.98/pair
• Men's necktie, .39-1.00/each
• Men's shirt, dress, 1.39/each
• Men's shoes, dress, 4.45-10.50/pair
• Men's suit, Parkway, 19.97-35.00/each
• Ski pants, wool, .56-.69/pair
• Uniform, nurse, 1.00/each
• Union suits, silk & wool, 1.59-1.98/each
• Women's coat, camel hair & Shetland tweed, 18.95/each
• Women's dress, silk, 5.98/each
• Women's hat, satin, 1.00/4 pairs
• Women's shoes, Red Cross, 4.95/pair

Employment & services

• Girl, housework, 30.00/week
• Man, grocery delivery, 25.00/week
• Washing service, .49/10 lbs
• Woman, help with housework and childcare, 8.00/week

Food & beverages

• Baby food, Clapp's, .07-.15/pkg
• Bacon, .18/lb
• Beef, ground chopped beef, .29/2 lbs
• Beef, sirloin steak, .39/2 lbs
• Bread, Supreme, .08/large wrapped loaf
• Butter, Derrydale, .37/lb
• Cabbage, green, .20/6 lbs
• Cereal, Kellogg's, Corn Flakes, .05/pkg
• Cheese, Kraft, Velveeta, .14/8 oz pkg
• Chewing gum, Wrigley's, Juicyfruit, .05/2 pkgs
• Coffee, Win-Crest, .16/lb
• Crackers, Nabisco, Ritz, .21/lb
• Cream cheese, .25/lb
• Eggs, large, .45/dozen
• Farina, Quaker, .09/pkg
• Figs, .11/two 8 oz pkgs
• Flour, Gold Medal, 1.09/24.5 lb sack
• Ham, smoked, .25/lb
• Lamb, stewing, .11/2 lbs
• Lemons, Juicy California, .11/12
• Lettuce, Iceberg, .08/head
• Macaroni, Mueller's, .07/pkg
• Margarine, Durkee, .17/lb
• Mayonnaise, Kraft, Miracle Whip, .23/16 oz jar
• Milk, evaporated, Farmdale, .20/3 tall cans
• Oranges, juicy Florida, .10/6
• Ovaltine, .43-.75/jar
• Oysters, large, .15/dozen
• Peas, split green, .01/two 1 lb boxes
• Potatoes, .10/3 lbs
• Rice, .07/2 lbs
• Soup, Campbell's, .23/3 cans
• Sweet potatoes, .10/6 lbs
• Tangerines, .26/30
• Tomatoes, .05/no. 2 can
• Vanilla, Burton's, .11/2 bottles
• Yeast, Fleischmann's, .03/cake

Household & seasonal goods

• Bread box, .87-1.19/each
• Brillo, .27/2 lb pkgs
• Broom, .87-1.00/each
• Comforters, 1.69-2.89/each
• Curtains, Priscilla, 1.59/pair
• Dining room suite, mahogany, 10 pieces, 198.00-265.00/set
• Dinner set, china, 53 pieces, 6.74-16.98/set
• Dust mop, .39-.59/each
• Floor wax, .39/pint can
• Iron, GE, "Heat-O-Matic," 3.50-5.00/each
• Ironing board covers, .19/each
• Kitchen canisters, enamel, .69/set
• Laundry soap, Ivory, .19/two 5 oz pkgs
• Lemon oil (for polishing wood furniture), .10/2 pints
• Linoleum, .22/sq yard
• Paper towels, .07-.15/150 sheet roll
• Radiator covers, .69-1.00/each
• Range, gas, 44.95-62.95/each
• Refrigerator, Coldspot, 8 cu ft, 174.50-250.00/each
• Sofa bed, Simmons, 59.00-89.00/each
• Table cloth, .19-.35/each
• Towels, Cannon, Turkish, .24/each
• Washing machine, 44.95-59.95/each
• Wax paper, .05/40' roll

Newspaper

.02/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Antacid, Tums, .05-.10/pkg
• Band-Aids, J & J, .16-.25/pkg
• Cleansing cream, Tussy, emulsified, 1.15-1.75/jar
• Cough syrup, Smith Bros., .19-.35/bottle
• Hair tonic, Vitalis, .59-1.00/bottle
• Hand lotion, Jergen's, .28-.50/pkg
• Lydia Pinkham's vegetable compound, .89-1.20/bottle
• Mouthwash, Listerine, .43/large bottle
• Pain reliever, Anacin tablets, .12-.25/bottle
• Razor blades, Gillette, .14-.25/pkg
• Shampoo, Fitch, .37-.75/bottle
• Shaving cream, Barbasol, .26-.50/pkg
• Skin lotion, Jergen's, .57-1.00/large size
• Soap, Ivory, .11/2 medium cakes
• Talcum powder, .16-.25/pkg
• Tissues, Kleenex, .25/200 sheet box
• Toilet paper, .06/2 rolls
• Tooth brush, Dr. West, .50/each
• Toothpaste, Phillips, .13-.25/tube
• Vicks Vapo-Rub, .19-.35/jar

Real estate

Houses for sale

• Farm, 20 acres & 10 room house, 5,500.00
• Morris Plains, 6 rooms, 4,800.00
• Morristown, 7 rooms, 7,000.00

Houses for rent

• Morristown, 7 rooms, Georgian Gardens, 80.00/month
• Morristown, 6 rooms, 65.00/month
• Morristown, 6 rooms, 35.00/month

Apartments & rooms

• Morristown, 6 rooms, 15.00/month
• Morristown, 5 rooms, 23.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Bingo, American Legion [Morristown NJ], .40/admission
• Burlesque show, Empire, .25-.75/ticket
• Card party, Junior Order Hall [Morris Plains NJ], .35/tally
• Dinner, The Captain's Table [Morristown NJ], .50/weekday; .75/Sunday
• Games, Monopoly, 2.00; Pick Up Sticks, .25-.50; Bingo, .50-1.00/each
• Luncheon and cruise fashion show, Woman's Work Art Exchange [Morristown, NJ], 2.00/ticket
• Opera, Metropolitan Opera, "La Traviata," 2.00-5.00/ticket
• Radio, Philco, floor model, 45.00-57.00/each
• Radio, Philco, table model, 14.00
• Trunks, 19.50-83.50/each