Historic Prices: 1952

Automobiles

• Jaguar XK 120 hard top, new 5,065.00
• Porsche Convertible, new 4,517.00
• Chevrolet Bel Aire, used, 1951 1,995.00
• Ford Convertible, used, 1950 1,395.00
• Plymouth Station Wagon, used, 1941 250.00
• Cadillac, used, 1905 1,250.00
• Oil, motor, Allstate quality .14/half quart
• Tires, Brunswick 29.47/2 tires

Beverages

• Coffee, Eight O'Clock .77/lb
• Juice, orange, Birdseye,frozen .29/2 6oz cans

Clothing

• Men's suits, Epstein's 49.50
• Lisle polo shirts 3.95
• Women's suit 19.98
• Women's rayon jacket dress 10.98
• Women's dress shoes reg. 7.94-sale 5.94
• Women's handbags 2.98-12.95
• First Communion dresses 4.49-23.98
• Boy's white suits 9.95-16.95
• Boy's white or saddle oxfords [shoes] 6.95
• Girl's sundresses 1.98
• Watch, men's & women's, 17 jewel 17.50

Employment

• Cook 185.00/month
• Counter girl 50.00/week
• Factory help 1.25/hr
• Guards 57.20/week
• Money collector, vending, 400.00/month
• Painters 15.00/day
• Salesman, Wear-Ever Aluminum 10,000.00/year
• Waitress 175.00/month
• Telephone solicitors 50.00/week

Food

• Baby food, Libby's .93/10 jars
• Bacon .55/lb
• Beef, ribs .69/lb
• Bread .15/16 oz loaf
• Butter .77/lb
• Cheese, Swiss, Kraft .40/ 1/2 lb
• Cookies, Nabisco's Fig Newtons .19/pkg
• Crisco .29/1 large can
• Eggs .55/dozen
• Ham, smoked .58/lb
• Ice cream 1.12/half gallon
• Ketchup, Ann Page .19/14 oz bottle
• Margarine, Nutley .21/lb
• Mayonnaise, Kraft .41/pint jar
• Onions, Texas sweet .19/2 lb bag
• Oranges, Florida .29/5 lb bag
• Peanut butter .35/12 oz jar
• Pineapples .19/each
• Preserves, grape jelly, Welch's .19/10 oz jar
• Strawberries .29/12 oz box

Furniture

• Bed, Hollywood 49.50
• Bedroom set, 3 piece 109.00
• Living room set, 8 piece 159.00
• Loveseat 133.50
• Mattress reg. 79.95, sale 39.95
• Setee (sofa) 160.00
• Sleeper sofa 129.00/each

Garden equipment

• Annual flowers .60/dozen
• Lawn mower, 18" electric 89.95
• Rose bushes 1.85-2.95

Household goods

• Air-wick .59/5.5 oz bottle
• Cleanser, Ajax .25/14 oz can
• Ammonia, Parson's .22/quart bottle
• Blinds, Venetian, 23"-35", Artcraft 3.75
• Clothes washer, Bendix 149.95
• Dinnerware set, 20 piece 61.57
• Laundry soap, Octagon .22/3 packages
• Paint, indoor, Kem-Tone 5.19/gallon
• Range, Tappan reg. 229.95, sale 169.95
• Refrigerator, 10cf, GE 439.95
• Sheets, Cannon 1.99-2.89/each

Medicine & health care

• Alka-Seltzer .54/bottle of 25
• Aspirin, St. Joseph's .39/50 tablets
• Cod liver oil, Squibb 1.19/16 oz. bottle
• Laxative, Ex-Lax .28/tin of 12
• Vitamins, Tri-Vi-Sol, Meade 2.82/50 ct

Newspapers

• Daily Record .5/weekday paper

Classified advertising:

• 1 day .20/line
• 6 days .12/line
• 25 days .10/line

Personal care

• Cotton swabs .23/box of 80
• Hair dryers reg. 9.95, sale 4.95
• Johnson's baby talc .25/medium jars
• Mouthwash, Listerine .79/14 oz bottle
• Shaving cream, Barbasol .39/tube
• Soap, deodorant, Dial .27/2 bars
• Talcum powder, Mennen .25/4 oz tin
• Tissues, Kleenex .19/200 count box
• Toilet paper, Scott .25/2 rolls
• Toothpaste, Phillips .63/2 tubes

Professional Services

• Home wiring, 5 room house 205.00/complete
• Permanent wave 10.00
• Slip covers, sofa & 2 chairs 77.95

Real estate

• Rosewood, new homes, Madison 17,500.00
• House, 3 bedrooms, Morris Twp. 12,500.00
• Cape cod, 5 rooms, Parsippany 17,400.00
• House, 5 bedrooms, Morristown 25,000.00
• Bungalow, 2 bedrooms, Morris Plains 14,500.00
• Duplex apartment, 4 rooms, Chester 75.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Baseball glove, Rawling 2.75-21.95
• Bicycle, boy's 37.88
• Sneakers, boy's high tops 2.95/pair
• Camera, Hawkeye 6.95
• Golf irons 6.00-12.00/each
• Golf woods 9.00-18.00/each
• Sneakers, Keds Champion 2.95-4.25/pair
• Television, 21", black & white, RCA 99.00
• Tennis racquets 3.95-20.00
• Theatre ticket, Maplewood Theatre, "Dream Girl" .90-3.60/ticket