Historic Prices: 1947

Automobiles

New [Several advertised; no prices] Used
  • 1942, Nash, 4 door sedan, 995.00
  • 1938, Buick, 4 door sedan Century, 750.00
  • 1933, Oldsmobile, 350.00

Clothing

  • Men's bathrobe, wool & flannel, 11.25/each
  • Men's coat, wool, 35.00-57.50
  • Men's slacks, 7.50-10.95/pair
  • Men's sport jacket, gabardine, 8.95/each
  • Ski pants, 10.00-14.95/pair
  • Ski suits, 24.35/each
  • Women's bathrobe, chenille, 8.00/each
  • Women's blouse, 3.50-7.98/each
  • Women's boots, zippered, 10.95/each
  • Women's coat, leather, lined, 55.00/each
  • Women's dress, rayon and wool, 8.00-20.00/each
  • Women's jacket, Navy pea, 14.00/each
  • Women's pajamas, 3.00/pair
  • Women's shoes, 12.95/pair
  • Women's suit, wool flannel, 29.95/each
  • Women's sweater, wool, 6.00/each

Employment & services

  • Assistant bookkeeper, female, 35.00/week
  • Assistant sales manager, male, 3,000.00/year
  • Bar man, 50.00/month
  • Bookkeeper, 40.00/week
  • Dry cleaning, men's suit, .75/each
  • Fountain girl, 28.00/week
  • Production workers, American Cyanimid, 1.00/hour
  • Salesman, 80.00-100.00/week
  • Secretary, 44.00/week
  • Typist, 30.00/week

Food & beverages

  • Apples, .19/2 lbs
  • Bacon, sugar cured, .22/half lb
  • Bananas, .11/lb
  • Bean sprouts, La Choy, .14/no. 2 can
  • Beef, pot roast, boneless, .53/lb
  • Bologna, .73/lb
  • Bread, enriched, .11/loaf
  • Butter, fancy, .79/lb
  • Cauliflower, large, .19/head
  • Cereal, Kellogg's, Rice Krispies, .12/box
  • Cheese, American, .55/lb
  • Chicken, .47/lb
  • Cocoa, Hershey's, .13/8 oz can
  • Coffee, Asco, .38/lb
  • Corn, Asco, creamed, .17/20 oz can
  • Crackers, Nabisco, Uneeda, .08/box
  • Cranberry sauce, Ocean Spray, .23/16 oz can
  • Eggs, large, .57/dozen
  • Fish, haddock fillet, .43/lb
  • Flour, Gold Seal, .34/5 lb bag
  • Flour, cake, Swansdown, .15/20 oz pkg
  • Frankfurters, .47/lb
  • Grapefruit, Florida seedless, .05/medium; .07/large fruit
  • Ham, Cala, .39/lb
  • Ketchup, Heinz, .24/14 oz bottle
  • Lamb, chops, .55/lb
  • Lard, .29/lb
  • Mushrooms, fresh, .29/lb
  • Oats, Quaker's, .12/20 oz box
  • Olives, stuffed Spanish, .43/2 oz jar
  • Oranges, Florida, .29/11 large sized
  • Ovaltine, .35/regular size
  • Potatoes, Idaho baking, .49/10 lbs
  • Raisins, fancy seedless, .14/7 oz pkg
  • Soup, Campbell's, tomato, .29/3 cans
  • Tangerines, .10/dozen
  • Tea, Asco, orange pekoe, .19/4 oz pkg
  • Turnips, yellow, .03/lb

Household & seasonal goods

  • Bed, four poster style, 19.00-30.00/each
  • Card table set (table & 4 chairs), 37.50-44.50/set
  • Cleanser, Spic & Span, .39/2 pkgs
  • Comforters, wool filled, 7.98/each
  • Ironing board, 5.75/each
  • Laundry detergent, Kirkman, soap flakes, .36/18 oz pkg
  • Mail box, aluminum, 1.98/each
  • Pea coal, 17.35/ton
  • Rubber gloves, .29/pair
  • Sheets, Cannon, percale, 81" X 108", 5.00/each
  • Snow shovel, with wheels, 5.95/each
  • Sofa bed, 39.00/each
  • Tool set, 10 piece, 1.29/set
  • Towels, bath, .59/each
  • Vacuum cleaner, Kenmore, 54.95/each
  • Weather stripping, .30/6 ft roll

Newspaper

  • .04/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Alka Seltzer, tablets, .49/box
  • Aspirin, Rexall, .49/100 ct bottle
  • Bathroom scale, 5.95/each
  • Bobby pins, .11/2 pkgs
  • Bromo Seltzer, .49/bottle
  • Cold cream, Noxema, .49-.79/boudoir size jar
  • Cough drops, Rexall, .10/box
  • Cough medicine, Pertussin, .89/bottle
  • Hair brush & comb set, Jewelit, 2.00-4.00/set
  • Hair tonic, Vaseline, .63/bottle
  • Hot water bottle, .69-1.00/each
  • Lotion, skin, Viola Ray, 1.00/16 oz bottle
  • Mineral oil, .97/2 quarts
  • Nose drops, Rexall, .35/each
  • Shaving cream, .29/2 pkgs
  • Soap, Lux, .10/cake
  • Toothbrush, Tek, .50/each
  • Vitamins, Natola, 2.95/bottle

Real estate

  • Houses for sale
  • Dover, 5 rooms, 6 acres, 11,000.00
  • Green Village, 6 rooms, 2 acres, 13,500.00
  • Whippany, 4 rooms, 10,500.00
  • Houses for rent
  • [Advertised, no prices]
  • Apartments & rooms
  • 3 rooms, furnished, 25.00/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Antique show, Beechwood Hotel [Summit NJ] .50/admission
  • Ballroom dancing, YMCA, 5.00/single; 7.50/married couple
  • Co-Ed Nite, Morristown YMCA (dancing, swimming, bowling, table tennis & soft drinks), .25/admission
  • Movies, Palace Theatre [Morristown NJ], .35/adults; .14/children
  • Radio, portable, 37.30/each
  • Record player, automatic, 25.95/each
  • Sled, Flexible flyer, 8.95/each
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