Historic Prices: 1950

Automobiles

New

Henry J, 1,299.00 NOTE: there were several ads for new cars, but none of the others contained prices

Used

• 1949, Oldsmobile 88, 4 door, 1,995.00
• 1947, Studebaker, 4 door, 1,050.00
• 1936, Ford, 2 door, 250.00

Clothing

• Boy's pajamas, cotton flannel, 1.99/pair
• Children's snowsuit, 10.98/each
• Men's coat, garbardine wool, 50.00/each
• Men's shirt, cotton plaid, 2.99/each
• Men's sweater, pullover, 3.99-5.00/each
• Women's coat, mink or marmot, 199.00/each
• Women's dress, 14.98/each
• Women's shoes, dress, 12.95/pair
• Women's shoulder bag, 15.00/each
• Women's slippers, Trimfoot, 2.95-3.95/pair
• Women's stockings, nylon, 1.00/pair
• Women's suit, Yorkshire flannel, 59.59/each
• Women's sweater, pullover, 3.50/each

Employment & services

• Haircut and permanent wave, 6.95/each
• Manager, Master-maid Products, 20,000.00/year
• Salesmen, 100.00/week
• Telephone work for girls, 36.00/week
• Tree surgeon, 1.50/hour
• Typewriter rentals, 3.00/month

Food & beverages

• Apple, McIntosh, .19/3 lbs
• Bacon, Crescent, .43.lb
• Beans, Reliable wax, .33/two 19 oz cans
• Beef, chopped, .53/lb
• Bologna, .29/half lb
• Bosco, Chocolate flavored milk amplifier, .27/12 oz jar
• Bread, Marvel, white, .14/lb loaf
• Butter, Brookfield, .68/lb
• Candy, Hallowe'en, Hershey & Nestle bars, miniatures, .40/half lb
• Cheese, Velveeta, .99/2 lbs
• Coffee, White Rose, .87/lb
• Crisco, .89/3 lb can
• Eggs, .45/dozen
• Fish, tuna, Chicken of the Sea, .31/can
• Grapefruit, seedless, .25/3
• Grapes, .25/2 lbs
• Ham, boiled, sliced, .69/half pound
• Juice, Ocean Spray, Cranberry, .29/two 16 oz can
• Lettuce, Jersey Iceberg, .10/head
• Macaroni, Larosa, .17/lb
• Milk, Borden's evaporated, .12/tall can
• Onions, Yellow, .10/3 lbs
• Pepper, Pure Black, .29/1 ounce can
• Pork chops, center cut, .75/lb Potatoes, .99/50 lb bag
• Pudding, My-T-Fine, .06/regular pkg
• Soup mix, Lipton's, Noodle, .32/3 pkgs
• SPAM, .39/regular can
• Sugar, granulated, .42/5 lb bag
• Syrup, Log Cabin, .24/lb
• Tomatoes, PrideFarm, .25/two no. 2 cans

Furniture

• Baby carriage, Boodle Buggy, 20.00/each
• Carpeting, Broadloom, 7.50/sq yard
• Chair, "Boudoir," 19.95-24.95
• Crib, Lullaby, maple, 32.00/each
• Dinette set, 5 pieces, 99.95-129.95/set
• Living room set, 2 pieces, 189.00/set
• Range, Rober Shaw, gas, 75.00/each
• Refrigerator, Kelvinator, 5 foot, 75.00/each
• Rug, Karastan, 9" X 12", 198.50/each
• Sofa, sleeper, 79.50-99.50/each
• Table & 4 chairs, light wood, Swedish modern, 100.00/set

Household & seasonal goods

• Blanket, Cannon, wool, 6' X 7', 8.99/each
• Bread box, 2.99/each
• Curtains, shower, Para brand, 2.95-3.98/each
• Dinnerware, Greenbriar, modern classic, 4.95/20 piece set
• Firewood, 24.00/cord
• Flatware, stainless steel, 24 piece table service, 4.99-5.95/set
• Flower bulbs, tulips, .35/pkgs of 6
• Knives with cleaver, 7 piece set, .2.99/each
• Laundry detergent, Ivory Flakes, .29/large pkg
• Paint, Benjamin Moore, indoor, 3.50/gallon
• Sheets, Cannon, full size, 3.69/each
• Shopping cart, large folding, 2.99/each
• Slipcovers, 8 piece set, 52.00/set
• Tea kettle, solid copper, 2.50/each
• Towel, bath, Crane's, 1.00/each
• Wallpaper, 1.95/roll
• Washing machine, Bendix, 169.95/each
• Waxed paper, Cut-Rite, .23/125 ft roll

Newspapers

• Daily Record [Morristown NJ], .05/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Athlete's food powder, Quinsma, .49/4 oz package
• Bandages, Johnson & Johnson, Band-aid, .29/36 count box
• Aspirin, Bayer, 5 grain tablets, .59/100 count bottle
• Breath freshener, Breath-O-Later, .25/3 refills
• Drano, .22/12 oz can
• Hand cleanser, Dit, .19/pkg
• Hand lotion, Jergen's, .45/bottle
• Laxative, Ex Lax, chocolate, .23/18 ounce bottle
• Razor blades, Gillette, .49/10 pack
• Shampoo, Prell, .79/2.5 ounce bottle
• Shaving cream, Palmolive, .49/tube
• Soap, Octagon, flakes, .25/large box
• Tissue, Kleenex, .27/300 count box
• Toothpaste, Philipps, .25/tube
• Vicks Vapo-rub, .33/1.5 oz jar
• Vitamins, One-A-Day, 1.96/60 ct bottle

Real estate

• Houses for sale
• Morristown, 7 rooms, 16,500.00
• Morristown, 7 rooms, 13,900.00
• Mendham, 7 rooms, 13,500.00
• Houses for rent
• Denville, 4.5 rooms, 90.00/month
• Morris Twp., 6 rooms, 100.00/month
• Morristown, 3 bedrooms, 125.00/month
• Apartments & rooms
• Dover, 6 rooms, 125.00/month
• Whippany, 4 rooms, 75.00/month
• Madison, 5 rooms, 65.00

Recreation & amusements

• Basketball, youth, 2.79/each
• Beagles, 30.00/each
• Canasta ensemble, monogrammed, 2.00/set
• Card game party, Ukranian Hall [Whippany], .75/"donation"
• Dinner, 8 courses, The Colonial Inn [Madison] 1.75/person
• Dolls, 4.98
• Halloween costumes, 1.49-1.98/each
• Halloween masks, rubber, .29-.49/each
• Lunchbox kit, Thermos, 2.59/each
• Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein conducting Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 3.00-25.00/ticket
• Record player, RCA Victor, "45," 19.95/each
• Stock car auto races, Morristown Raceway, .60/children; 1.25/adults
• Tap shoes, 3.00-3.75/pair
• Television set, Stromberg-Carlson, 279.95