Historic Prices: 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