Historic Prices: 1944
Automobiles
NO NEW CARS ADVERTISED FOR SALE, WWII
- Used, Oldsmobile, sedan, 1934, 50.00
- Used, Packard, 120 sedan, 1936, 175.00
Clothing
- Men's coat, worsted, 50.00-65.00/each
- Men's suit, Stein Bloch, 50.00-60.00/each
- Men's shoes, Nunn-Bush, 10.00-13.50/pair
- Men's shirts, Van Heusen "lightweight," 2.50/each
- Women's suit, cotton, 7.89/each
- Women's dress, cotton and seersucker, 8.98-12.95/each
- Women's handbags, 7.50-13.95/each
- Infant's dresses, 1.79/each
- Hats, 7.95/each
Food & beverages
- Apples, Rome, .23/2 lbs
- Bacon, sliced, Sunnyfield, .37/lb
- Beans, baked, B & M, .10/13 oz can
- Beef, pot roast, .27/lb
- Bread, white, Marvel, .09/20.5 oz loaf
- Butter, Louetta, .49/lb
- Cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, .08/11 oz package
- Chicken, fryers, .48/lb
- Coffee, Eight O'Clock brand, .41/2 lbs
- Duck, Long Island, .35/lb
- Cheese, American or Velveeta, Kraft, .21/half pound
- Cookies, Fig Newtons, Nabisco, .15/7 oz package
- Corn, canned, Niblets, .10/12 oz can
- Crisco, .23/lb jar
- Eggs, Grade A, .45/dozen
- Fish, cod, fresh, .25/lb
- Hot dogs, .37/lb
- Juice, orange, .46/46 oz container
- Juice, V-8 Cocktail, .15/18 oz can
- Ketchup, Asco, .12/10 oz bottle
- Macaroni or spaghetti, .11/two 8 oz pkgs
- Margarine, .24/lb
- Mayonnaise, Fre-Mar, .17/8 oz jar
- Milk, evaporated, White House, .27/3 tall cans
- Onions, Yellow no. 1, .28/3 lbs
- Oranges, Florida large sweet, .53/8 lb bag
- Peanut butter, Sultana, .21/lb jar
- Pineapples, fresh whole, .20/each
- Potatoes, .25/5 lbs
- Preserves, Ann Page, .18/lb jar
- Soda, Coca Cola, .05/bottle
- Tea, Asco, .21/quarter pound package
- Tomatoes, .10/19 oz can
- Tuna, canned, .26/6 oz can
Furniture
- Baby carriage, 35.00/each
- Bedroom set, maple, 3 piece, 89.00/set
- Cedar chest, Lane, 39.50/each
- Chair, "Gainsborough" living room-type, 55.00/each
- Kitchen stool, 3.19-3.79/each
- Linoleum, 1.49-1.58/square yard
- Living room set, maple, chair and davenport, 68.00/set
- Mattress, full or twin, 39.50/each
Garden equipment
- Garbage can, 9 gallon, .98/each
- Hose, rubber, 25', 1.69-2.19/each
- Rake, steel, .89-.98/each
- Seed, grass, 2.55/5lbs
Household goods
- Bleach, Clorox, .17/quart
- Laundry soap, Lux Flakes, .19/2 5 oz packages
- Mothballs, .17/2 12 oz packages
- Ovenware, Fireking, .79/8 piece set
- Refrigerator, Coolerator, 75.00/each
- Sheets, muslin, Utica, 1.50-2.15/each
- Vacuum cleaner, Electrolux, 16.95/each
- Window shades, 3.10-10.95/each
Newspapers
- Daily Record .03/weekday paper
Personal care & health
- Absorbine Jr., .73-1.25/4 oz bottle
- Alka-Seltzer, Miles, .49/25 tablets
- Aspirin, Anacin, .19-.25/12 tablets
- Carter's Little Liver Pills, .19-.25/40 count pkg
- Cream, face, Jergen's, .43-.75/jar
- Laxative, Ex Lax, .19/18 count package
- Milk of Magnesia, Squibb, .33/12 oz bottle
- Shampoo, Eaton's .19/pint
- Shaving cream, Barbasol, .28-.50/tube or jar
- Soap, Ivory, .06/bar
- Toilet paper, .13-.20/3 rolls
- Toothbrush, Tek, .29-.50/each
- Toothpaste, Listerine, .33/double size
- Vitamins, Puretest, 1.10/2 containers
Real estate
- Madison, 6 rooms, 2 car garage, 8,700.00
- Morris Twp., bungalow, 5 rooms, 4,900.00
- Morristown, double house, 6 rooms, 5,000.00
- Morristown, 12 rooms, 7 acres, 4 baths, 25,000.00
- Apartment, Morristown, 5 rooms, 33.00/month
- Apartment, Morristown, 3.5 rooms, 16.50/month
Recreation & amusements
- Baseball game, Morristown, Ledgewood Field, .50/ticket
- Circus, Hunt's 3 Ring, .35-.70/ticket
- Co-ed Teenage Canteen, Morristown YMCA, .25/ticket
- Corsage, roses, .50-1.00/each
- Dance, Morris Grange Hall, .55/ticket
- Dinner, Methodist Church fair, turkey a la king, 1.00/person
- Movie, Morristown, Palace Theatre, "His Butler's Sister," .20/ticket
- Theatre, Papermill Playhouse, "The Red Mill," 1.20-3.00/ticket
- Wagon, children's, U.S. Traveler, 5.95-9.95