1948

Automobiles

New Austin of England, Devon, sedan, 1,660.00 [note: other cars were advertised without prices] Used
  • 1946, Chrysler New Yorker, sedan, 2,495.00
  • 1941, Oldsmobile, sedan, 1,395.00
  • 1939, Buick Club Coupe, 1,195.00

Clothing

  • Boy's suit, seersucker, 3.98-4.98/each
  • Girl's bathing suit, 2.50-6.98/each
  • Girl's dress, 1.00-5.98/each
  • Girl's pinafore, 1.00-5.98/each
  • Men's shirt, Basque, .98/each
  • Men's shoes, Florsheim, 8.95/pair
  • Men's slacks, washable, 3.95/pair
  • Men's sport jacket, 17.95-45.00/each
  • Men's suit, Palm Beach, 26.75/each
  • Women's blouse, 2.00-5.00/each
  • Women's dress, 7.98/each
  • Women's shoes, dress, 9.95-16.95/pair
  • Women's skirt, 2.50-5.00/each
  • Women's slacks, 5.00-7.98/each
  • Women's suit, summer, 19.98-29.98/each

Employment

  • Barber, 50.00/week
  • Counterman for coffee shop, 50.00/week
  • Handyman to work in garden, 1.00/hour
  • Telephone operator, New Jersey Bell, 32.00/week
  • Tree men, 1.25/hour

Food & beverages

  • Apples, Western Winesap, .15/lb
  • Bacon, Armour's Star, .69/lb
  • Blueberries, .39/pint
  • Bread, .14/sliced loaf
  • Cake, Virginia Lee, Angel, .45/each
  • Cake mix, Gold Seal, .23/box
  • Cereal, Kellogg's, Rice Krispies, .14/5.5 oz pkg
  • Coffee, Nescafe, instant, .39/4 oz jar
  • Cookies, Nabisco, Fig Newtons, .18/8 oz pkg
  • Cracker Jack, .09/2 pkgs
  • Crackers, Nabisco, Ritz, .31/lb pkg
  • Eggs, .79/dozen
  • Fish, tuna, Breast of Chicken, .45/can
  • Frankfurters, Armour's Star, .55/lb
  • Ham, smoked cala, .57/lb
  • Jelly, Shimmel's grape, .15/12 oz jar
  • Juice, Del Monte, orange, .25/no. 5 can
  • Juice, Welch's, grape, .39/quart bottle
  • Lamb, leg, .69/lb
  • Margarine, Asco, .41/lb
  • Marshmallows, Campfire, .31/lb
  • Mayonnaise, Hellmann's, .49/pint
  • Milk, fresh, .23/quart
  • Olives, Ideal, stuffed, .25/3 oz jar
  • Onions, yellow, .17/2 lbs
  • Oranges, .19/dozen
  • Peanut butter, Fyne Taste, .31/lb jar
  • Pickles, Colonial Kosher dill, .35/quart jar
  • Plums, red, .19/lb
  • Pork & beans, Rodal Scarlet, .27/two 16 oz cans
  • Potato chips, .23/5 oz bag
  • Processed meat, Hormel, SPAM .47/12 oz can
  • Soda, Coca Cola, .25/six 6 oz bottles
  • Soup, Campbell's, tomato, .29/3 cans
  • Spaghetti, Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, with meatballs, .21/6 oz can
  • String beans, fresh Jersey, .23/2 lbs
  • Sugar, Jack Frost, .42/5 lb bag
  • Tea, Asco, .28/4 oz pkg
  • Watermelon, .05/lb

Household

  • Ammonia, Sped-up, .25/two 32 oz bottles
  • Cleanser, Ajax, .11/14 oz can
  • Cot, roll-away, includes mattress, 59.50/each
  • Diapers, 2.00/dozen
  • Dutch oven, 6 quart, 3.99-6.98/each
  • Fan, electric, 8", 4.45/each
  • Laundry soap, Octagon, .39/3 pkgs
  • Mason jars, .69/pint; .75/quart
  • Paint, house, 4.25/gallon
  • Sheets, Cannon, percale, 42" X 72", 1.37-1.98/each
  • Towel, Martex, bath, 1.79/each
  • Washing machine, Bendix, 199.95/each

Lawn & garden

  • Charcoal briquettes, .39/2 lbs
  • Grill, charcoal, folding, 3.98/each
  • Hose, garden, 3.35-5.00/each
  • Insecticide, Flit, .39/quart
  • Lawn chair, Telescope, canvas with wood frame, 7.98/each
  • Picnic jug, gallon size, 3.95/each
  • Picnic table, California redwood, table & benches, 19.95/set

Newspaper

  • .05/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Alka-Seltzer, .49/pkg
  • Aspirin, Bayer, .59/bottle
  • Calamine lotion, .49/bottle
  • Cleansing cream, Noxema, .49/jar
  • Mineral oil, Squibb, .69/pint
  • Permanent wave, Lustra Oil, 7.50/person
  • Soap, Ivory, personal size, .20/3 cakes
  • Sunburn cream, Diana Grey, .59/pkg
  • Suntan lotion, Norwich, .23/pkg
  • Tissue, Lidia Grey, .65/two 400 count pkgs
  • Toilet paper, Petal Soft, .25/2 rolls
  • Toothpaste, Ipana, .43/tube

Real estate

Houses for sale

  • Mendham, 4 bedrooms, 12,000.00
  • Morris Plains, colonial, 6 rooms, 12,500.00
  • Morris Plains, 4 rooms, 8,500.00
  • Houses for rent
  • Wharton, 5 rooms, 95.00/month
  • Apartments & rooms
  • Morris Plains, 7 rooms, 65.00/month
  • Morristown, large room, 15.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Auto picnic tray, 1.99/each
  • Bertrand Island Amusement Park [Lake Hopatcong], .10/ride
  • Camera, Anso, Rediflex, 14.70/each
  • Horse racing, Monmouth Park, 1.80/general admission
  • Radio, auto, 29.95/each
  • Telephone call, Morristown-San Francisco, 3 minutes, 2.50+tax/each
  • Television, Philco 1001, 349.50/each
  • Theatre ticket, Lakeside Theatre [Lake Hopatcong, NJ], 1.00-1.50/ticket
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