Historic Prices: 1940
Automobiles
New
- Pontiac, DeLuxe Torpedo Six, 828.00
- Plymouth, 2 door sedan, 739.00
- Plymouth, coup, 685.00
Used
- 1939, De Soto DeLuxe Opera Coupe, 725.00
- 1938, Plymouth Station Wagon, 575.00
- 1936, Dodge 4 door Sedan, 295.00
Clothing
- Girl's dress, cotton, 1.55-1.98/each
- Girl's skirt, wool, 1.59-2.39 Girl's snow suit, wool, 2 pieces, 4.85-5.98/each
- Girl's white pinafore, .79-1.00/each
- Men's flannel shirt, .98/each
- Men's hat, 1.00-4.95/each
- Men's hunting boots, leather, 2.98/pair
- Men's jacket, suede, 6.50/each
- Men's suit, tweed, 25.00/each
- Women's coat, rain, 1.79/each
- Women's dress, wool, 3.98/each
- Women's jacket, "mannish" style, 2.98/each
- Women's skirt, wool flannel, pleated front, 5.98/each
- Women's stockings, Berkshire, .79/pair
Employment & services
- Man to drive car and serve, 135.00-150.00/month
- Radio repair, .50 and up
- Telephone calls, .15/18 mile radius NJ; .40/60 mile radius NJ; 1.30/400 mile call
- Woman with car to make collections for local committee, 3.00/day + expenses
Food & beverages
- Apple, Winesap, 1.29/bushel
- Bacon, Ideal brand, sugar cured, .25/2.5 lbs
- Bananas, .05/lb
- Beef, roast, .29/lb
- Bosco Milk Amplifier, .19/jar
- Bread, Bond, .10/1 lb loaf
- Cereal, Wheaties, .09/pkg
- Cheese, Pabst-ett, .25/2 pkgs
- Cocoa, Hershey's, .15/2.5 lb can
- Coffee, Ehlers, Grade "A", .24/lb can
- Eggs, Ideal, .45/dozen
- Flour, Gold Medal, .83/24.5 lb bag
- Ham, Ideal Brand, oven tendered, .18/lb
- Juice, Welch, Grape, .22/pt; .39/qt
- Junket Rennet Powder, .25/3 pkgs
- Ketchup, Pride of the Farm, .11/12 oz bottle
- Margarine, Swift's, All Sweet, .19/lb
- Macaroni, Caruso, .23/3.8 oz pkg
- Milk, .14/qt bottle
- Oil, Olive, Pompeian, .29/8 oz can
- Onions, Fancy Yellow, .10/5 lbs
- Oranges, Sunkist, .25/20
- Pablum (baby food), .19/jar
- Peanut butter, Ideal, crunchy, .15/lb jar
- Potatoes, baking, .10/4 lbs
- Preserves, Ann Page, .23/two 1 lb jars
- Soup, Campbell's, tomato, .20/3 cans
- SPAM, Hormel, .25/12 oz can
- Sugar, Hudson Valley brand, .21/5 lb bag
- Tea, Lady Fair, bags,.29/50 count pkg
Furniture
- Chairs, Artisan's, 12.95/each
- Lamps, floor, 10.98-25.00/each
- Mattress, Simmons, fill size, 19.95/each
- Rug, Persian design, 9' X 12', 60.00-89.50
Household & seasonal goods
- Blankets, wool & cotton blend, 3.98/each
- Cleanser, Sunbrite, .09/2 cans
- Curtains, Crane's, 1.19/pair
- Laundry detergent, Ivory Flakes, .10/large pkg
- Light bulbs, .10-.20/each
- Oil, home heating, ESSO, 1.25/week budget plan
- Paint, Hockenjos brand, house, 2.69/gallon
- Washing machine, electric, Jersey Central Power & Electric, 109.95/each
Newspapers
Daily Record [Morristown NJ], .03/daily paper
Personal care & health
- Aspirin, Bayer, .59/100 count bottle
- Bandages, Johnson & Johnson Band-aids, .19/36 count pkg
- Carter's Pills, .19-.25/bottle
- Cold cream, Pond's, .39-.55/jar
- Laxative, Ex-Lax, .19-.25/bottle
- Nail polish, .60/bottle
- Shaving cream, Lifebuoy, .16/tube
- Soap, Bridal Bouquet, .13/3 cakes
- Tissues, Kleenex, .25/440 count box
- Toilet paper, .15/100 sheer roll
- Toothbrush, .09-.19/each
- Toothpaste, Colgate, .29/2 tubes
- Vitamins, 2.50/100 count bottle
Real estate
Houses for sale
- Morristown, 2 story, 6 rooms, 8,500.00
- Morristown, 6 rooms, with garage, 6,500.00
- Morristown, 5 rooms, new bungalow, 4,200.00
Houses for rent
- Morristown, 6 rooms, 58.00/month
- Chester, 6 rooms, utilities, 35.00/month
- Morristown, bungalow, 4 rooms, 32.50/month
Apartments & rooms
- Apartment, 4 rooms, 45.00/month
- Room, furnished, 30.00/month
Recreation & amusements
- Barn dance, Mt. Kemble Fire Dept., .40/admission
- Book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie, Pocketbook paperback, .25/each
- Bus trip, New York World's Fair, Flushing Queens, 1.50/roundtrip ticket
- Card party, New Vernon Unit First Aid Squad, .25/admission
- Dance lessons, square and modern, .44/lesson
- Movie Camera, Cine-Kodak Eight, 97.50/each
- Movies, New Palace Theatre [Morristown], .15-.20/matinee ticket; .20-.25/evening ticket
- Radio, Emerson, tabletop model, 9.95/each
- Sunday Dinner, Master's Drug Store [Morristown], .45/person
- Turkey Supper, Brookside Engine Company No. 1, Mendham Twp., .50/child; 1.00/adult