Historic Prices: 1942

Automobiles

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• Buick sedan, used, 1941 1,000.00
• Ford Deluxe Sedan, used, 1940 625.00
• Plymouth Coupe, used, 1938 295.00
• Oil, motor .25/2 quart cans
• Spark plugs .38/each, sets of 4

Beverages

• Coffee .25/lb
• Cola, Pepsi .05/bottle
• Juice, apple .15/2 18 oz cans

Clothing

• Men's gabardine suits 35.00
• Men's Van Heusen shirts 2.25
• Men's Florsheim shoes 11.00/pair
• Women's umbrella 2.50/each
• Women's handbags 2.98-7.50
• Women's house frock 2.98-3.98
• Women's gingham suits 4.98
• Misses' suits reg. 25.00, sale 14.95
• Misses' coat reg. 25.00, sale 15.95
• Girl's cotton dresses 1.09
• Watch, women's, Bulova 29.75

Employment

• Cooks 90.00/month
• Housekeeper 10.00/week
• Investigators 100.00/month + car fare
• Waitresses 80.00/month

Food

• Apples, Western Winesap .25/3 lbs
• Baby food, Stokely's .18/4 cans
• Bacon .33/2 1/2 lbs
• Beef, rib roast .29/lb
• Bread .08/large loaf
• Butter .43/lb
• Cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes .05/6 oz pkg
• Cheese, Swiss .36/lb
• Crackers, Nabisco's Ritz .21/lb package
• Crisco .23/lb can
• Eggs .38/dozen
• Fish, halibut steak .29/lb
• Ham, smoked .34/lb
• Ketchup, Heinz .25/28 oz bottle
• Mayonnaise .25/pint jar
• Onions, Texas .14/3 lbs
• Oranges, Valencia .29/dozen
• Peanut butter .24/1 lb jar
• Preserves, grape jelly .25/1 lb jar
• Potatoes .19/5 lbs
• Soup, Campbell's tomato .25/4 14 oz cans
• Strawberries .22/quart
• Sugar .06/lb

Furniture

• Chair, upholstered 49.95
• Love seat, upholstered 69.95
• Porch couch and chair 47.50
• Porch glider 29.95-32.95
• Sofa 99.50/each

Garden equipment

• Annuals (snapdragons etc.) .35/dozen
• Grass seed .89/3 lb bag

Household goods

• Bedspreads 2.50-12.00
• Curtains .89-4.98/pair
• Curtains, blackout .29/each
• Dinnerware set, 53 pieces, Sears 9.49/each
• Light bulbs, Lightmaster .15/2 bulbs
• Linoleum rug, 9X12 4.98/piece
• Paint, Master-mixed house 3.09/gallon
• Shower curtain 1.98
• Silverware, Sterling silver plate 36.95/set
• Wax paper .11/125 foot roll
• Windex .25/2 regular bottles

Medicine & health care

• Absorbine Jr. reg. 1.25, sale .64
• Aspirin, .09/100 count bottle
• Band-aids .23/36 count box
• Epsom salts .18/5 lbs
• Laxative, Feenamint chewing gum .19/16 ct
• Milk of Magnesia, Phillips reg. .50, sale .21

Newspapers

• Daily Record .03/weekday paper
• Classified advertising: 1 day .10/line; 6 consecutive days, .7/line

Personal care

• Beauty cream, Yardley 1.50/2 jars
• Cleansing cream, Barbara Gould reg. 2.00
• Facial tissues .23/1,000 count box
• Mouthwash, Zincora .49/quart
• Nail polish remover .07/3 oz size
• Shaving cream, Barbasol .13/tube
• Soap, Ivory .17/3 medium cakes
• Talcum powder .39/jar
• Tooth powder reg. .50, sale .22

Professional Services

• Car wash 1.00
• Film developing .08/roll
• Permanent wave (professional) 4.00-6.00
• Piano tuning 3.00
• Radios repaired .50 & up
• Reupholstering, 3 piece 44.50/complete
• Tennis racquets restrung 2.30-7.95

Real estate

• Colonial, 9 rooms, Burnham Park 8,000.00
• Colonial, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 13,200.00
• Bungalow, 8 rooms, 2 car garage, 4,000.00
• Bungalow, 5 rooms, 4,200.00
• 7 rooms, Hanover 5,900.00
• Apartment, 5 rooms, 55.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Boy's fishing set, Sears 1.39
• Buffet supper, Wayside Inn, Denville 1.00
• Camera film .14-.23/roll
• Card party, Green Village Fire House .40/ticket
• Concert, HMS Pinafore, A Capella Choir .55/ticket
• Croquet set, Sears 2.59
• Dancing, Morris Grange Hall .44/ticket
• Greens fees, Braidburn County Club, Florham Park 1.00/18 holes, 1.50/all day
• Movie [Roth-Jersey Theatre], .35-.50/ticket
• Radios, table models 11.50-37.50