1941

Automobiles

New None advertised Used
  • 1939, Hudson, Coach, 575.00
  • 1938, Chevrolet, 2 door sedan, 375.00
  • 1937, Ford Deluxe 85 Tudor, 250.00

Clothing

  • Bathrobes, quilted, 8.98/each
  • Boy's sport coat, 13.00/each
  • Girl's coat, 8.50/each
  • Girl's dress, cotton, 2.98/each
  • Men's coat, 40.00/each
  • Men's jacket, wool, 2.98/each
  • Men's necktie, 1.00/each
  • Men's shirt, Manhattan, dress, 2.50/each
  • Scarf, wool or silk, .59/each
  • Women's skirt, 2.00-5.98/each
  • Women's blouse, 1.00-5.00/each
  • Women's evening gown, 14.98/each
  • Women's jacket, rayon, silk or crepe, 2.25/each
  • Women's slippers, felt, 3.00/pair
  • Women's suit, monogrammed, gabardine, 10.98/each
  • Women's sweaters, 3.98/each

Food & beverages

  • Apple, McIntosh, .14/3 lbs
  • Baby food, strained, .25/4 jars
  • Bananas, .05/lb
  • Beef, top sirloin, .33/lb
  • Candy, Hershey's Choice, .10/economy size
  • Cereal, Mell-O-Wheat, .27/28 oz pkg
  • Cheese, Muenster, fancy, .29/lb
  • Cider, sweet, .25/half gallon
  • Coffee, 8 O'clock coffee, .39/2 lbs
  • Corn, Niblets, .10/12 oz can
  • Crackers, Nabisco, Ritz, .19/lb pkg
  • Eggs, .52/dozen
  • Fish, codfish steak, .25/lb
  • Flour, Swansdown, cake, .21/large pkg
  • Gelatin, Ann Page, .10/4 envelopes
  • Gingerbread mix, Dromedary, .23/3 pkgs
  • Ham,.32/lb
  • Honey, Ann Page, .10/half pound
  • Juice, Ann Page, Grape, .25/2 lb jar
  • Junket Rennet Powder, .23/3 pkgs
  • Lamb, leg, .30/lb
  • Margarine, Nutley, .15/lb carton
  • Oats, Quaker, .17/two 20 oz pkgs
  • Oysters, Long Island, .15/dozen
  • Peas, Green Giant, .25/two 17 oz cans
  • Pineapple, Dole, .09/14 oz can
  • Potatoes, U.S. NO. 1 grade, .23/10 lbs
  • Sausage, pork, .29/link
  • Soda, Pepsi, .23/six 12 oz bottles
  • Soup, Campbell's, tomato, .20/3 cans
  • Spareribs, .21/lb

Furniture

  • Chair, leather, 89.50/each
  • Chairs, lounge, 4 piece set, 39.95/set
  • Desk, with chair, walnut or maple, 22.95/each
  • Hope chest, American walnut, 29.75/each
  • Lamp, floor, 11.50/each
  • Refrigerator, Firestone, 7 feet, 159.95/each
  • Range, Electric, 124.95/each
  • Rug, oval braided, 1.39-5.00/each
  • Sofa & chair set, 59.00-145.00/set
  • Table, solid mahogany, 9.95/each
  • Vacuum cleaner, Kenmore, Commander, 59.95/each
  • Washing machine, Firestone, 59.95

Household & seasonal goods

  • Bathroom mat, chenille, 2.00-3.98/each
  • Blanket, "pearce," wool, 72" X 84", 11.50/each
  • Carpet sweeper, Bissell, 3.95-7.50/each
  • Casserole dish, Pyrex, .50/quart size
  • Christmas cards, personalized, 5.00/100 cards
  • Christmas lights, multiple cords, 1.39-1.98/each
  • Cleanser, Old Dutch, .19/3 cans
  • Hangers, sachet, 1.00/pair
  • Laundry soap, Octagon, .25/6 cakes
  • Mixmaster, Sunbeam, 28.75/each
  • Pillow cases, fancy, 1.25-2.50/each
  • Toaster, electric, 9.69/each
  • Towel, bath, 22" X 44", .59/each
  • Waffle iron or sandwich grill, chrome, electric, 3.50/each
  • Washing machine, Kenmore, 59.95/each

Personal care & health

  • Aspirin, .09/100 count bottle
  • Bubble bath, Evening in Paris, 1.00/bottle
  • Cold cream, .27/jar
  • Edward's Olive tablets, for constipation and fixes "lazy liver", .15-.60/bottle
  • Dusting powder, Elizabeth Arden, 2.00/box
  • Hair brush, Pro-phy-lac-tic, 1.50-10.00/each
  • Hand cleanser, Dit, .15/can
  • Heating pad, electric, 1.98/each
  • Laxative, Nature's Remedy, .25/bottle
  • Milk of Magnesia, .50/pint
  • Permanent wave, 5.95/person
  • Razor, Remington, electric, 19.50/each
  • Shaving set, Colgate, .89/set
  • Tissues, .09/500 count box
  • Toothbrush, .09/each

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morristown, 6 rooms, oil heat, near train station, 5,800.00
  • Morristown, 6 rooms, near Burnham Park, 4,500.00
  • 4 room log cabin, extra lot, 2,200.00
Houses for rent
  • 6 rooms, Harding Terrace, 75.00/month
  • 4 & 5 rooms, bungalows, 25.00-45.00/month
  • 3 rooms, bungalow, 35.00/month
Apartments & rooms
  • 6 rooms, 27.50/month
  • 4 rooms, 16.00/month
  • Small room, furnished, 15.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Bicycle, Packard Deluxe, 26.95/each
  • Dance, Morris Grange Hall, square & modern, .44/admission
  • Dinner, spaghetti, St. Margaret's Parish Hall, .50/person
  • Doll, "My Dream Baby," 2.25/each
  • Doll carriage, 1.19-2.95/each
  • Football, 1.19/each
  • Lincoln timbers (toy building logs), .79/set
  • Movies, Roth Jersey Theatre, .22 & .33/matinee; .35 & .50/evening ticket
  • Opera, Newark Opera House, La Traviata, .75-2.00/ticket
  • Portraits, Thomas Studios, Silvertone, 2.50/3 portraits
  • Radio, console, E-Tube Silvertone 4 star, 59.95/each
  • Skates, ice & hockey, 3.98/pair
  • Skis, Olympian deluxe, 11.95/pair
  • Sled, Flexible Flyer, 5.95/each
  • Soda fountain specials, Master's [Morristown NJ], banana split .20/each
  • Toy airplane, "Mechanical Bomber," .69/each
  • Velocipede, 1.19/each
  • Victrola, RCA, 109.95/each
  • Wagon, child's, 10.98/each
  • Woodburning set, 1.98/each

Tobacco & alcohol

  • Brandy, Greystone, apple 90 proof, 1.50/fifth
  • Cigarettes, all popular brands, .12/cents pack of 20; 1.19/carton
  • Scotch, Seagrams, Crown, 90 proof, 9.95/half gallon