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, Jergens, .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 VapoRub, .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