Historic Prices: 1959

Automobiles

New

• Ford Anglia, 1,561.00
• Oldsmobile 88, 6 passenger, 2,887.00
• Pontiac Star Chief, 3,500.00

Used

• 1957, Dodge, Sierra Custom Wagon, 2,195.00
• 1953, Jaguar, cream convertible XK120, 1,000.00
• 1950, Pontiac, 150.00

Clothing

• Boy's coat, 6.66/each
• Boy's shirt, 1.98/each
• Boy's slacks, 3.98/pair
• Children's shoes, 6.98-10.98/pair
• Girl's dress, 2.98-3.98/each
• Men's shirt, 4.95/each
• Men's slacks, Wash n' Wear, 3.57-6.95/pair
• Men's sport coat, wool, 21.95/each
• Men's suit, 31.95/each
• Men's sweater, 15.95/each
• Women's dress, cotton, 10.98/each
• Women's dress, lace with simulated mink collar, 39.98/each
• Women's hat, Betmar's Bowler, 8.95/each
• Women's jacket, "Wild and Wooly," orlon, 45.00/each
• Women's shoes, 14.95/pair
• Women's skirt, flannel, 18.95/each
• Women's sweater set, orlon, 3.66-6.98/each

Employment

• Accountant, junior, 90.00/week
• Assembler, female, 1.54/hour
• Bookkeeper, 85.00/week
• Engineer, chemical, B.S., 7,000.00/year
• Engineers, EE & ME, 10,000.00/year
• Lab technician, electric, 80.00/week
• Sales manager, 100.00/week
• Salesman, 6,000.00/year
• Snack bar attendant, 9AM-3PM, 35.00/week
• Typist-clerk, 65.00/week

Food & beverages

• Baby food, Gerber's, strained, .99/10 jars
• Bacon, sliced, .49/lb
• Beef, chuck steak, .39/lb
• Beef stew, Dinty Moore, .49/24 oz can
• Bread, .29/20 oz loaf
• Cereal, Kellogg's Variety 10 pack, .49/pkg
• Cheese, Borden, American slices, 1.00/five 6 oz pkgs
• Chow mein noodles, La Choy, .27/6 oz can
• Coffee, Eight O'Clock, .53/lb
• Cold cuts, bologna, .59/lb
• Cookies, Burry's, Happy family, .39/14 oz pkg
• Corn, fresh, .25/10 ears
• Crackers, Ritz, .25/12 oz box
• Fish, Mrs. Paul's, frozen codfish cakes, .35/8 oz pkg
• French fries, F.F. Deluxe, frozen, .49/two 16 oz pkgs
• Ham, Morrell, canned, 2.49/lb
• Juice, Libby, frozen orange, .89/four 6 oz cans
• Marshmallow Fluff, .25/7.5 oz jar
• Miracle Whip, Kraft, .29/pint jar
• Oil, Wesson, .28/pint
• Onions, U.S. No. 1 grade yellow, .13/3 lbs
• Oranges, Valencia, .39/10
• Peanut butter, Skippy, .33/12 oz jar
• Pickles, Colonial Kosher, .25/quart jar
• Pie, Jane Parker, 8", .47/each
• Potato chips, Kerr's, .59/lb bag
• Soda, Coca Cola, .89/five 26 oz bottles
• Soup, Campbell's .41/four 10.5 oz cans
• SPAM, Hormel, .43/12 oz can
• TV Dinner, Swanson, .49/11 oz pkg

Household & seasonal goods

• Aluminum wrap, Alcoa, .69/75' roll
• Blanket, Westinghouse, electric, double size, 18.80/each
• Clothes dryer, RCA, gas, 139.90/each
• Coffee maker, Kenmore, automatic, 7.98-9.95/each
• Dinnerware set, 45 pieces, Malmac, 19.95-29.95/each
• Dishwasher, Kitchen Aid, 209.95-479.95/each
• Flower bulbs, daffodil, .46/6
• Freezer, Westinghouse, 9 cu ft, 179.95-289.95/each
• Iron, Proctor Silex, Deluxe, steam, 9.49-19.95/each
• Laundry detergent, Cheer, .69/giant pkg
• Lawn mower, Sears Craftsman, 79.88-89.95/each
• Lawn seed, Creeping Bent, .69/lb
• Linoleum, vinyl, .99-1.39/square yard
• Mason jars, .99/dozen pint sized jars
• Paint, Sears, house exterior, 3.99-5.75/gallon
• Range, Roper, gas, 30", 139.95/each
• Refrigerator, Frigidaire, 13 cu ft, 220.00-299.95/each
• Washing machine, G.E., 185.00/each
• Wax paper, Blue Ribbon, .33/two 100' rolls
• Wheel barrow, 3 cu ft, 4.99-11.00/each

Newspaper

• .07/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Permanent wave, Epstein's Department Store [Morristown, NJ], 10.00/person
• Petroleum jelly, Vaseline, .35/4 oz jar
• Shampoo, Waldorf, .49-1.00/bottle
• Slenderella International (weight loss salon), 1.00/visit
• Soap, Lifebuoy, .32/3 regular cakes
• Tissues, Vanity Fair, .33/two 400 count boxes
• Toilet paper, Swanee, .37/three 500 count rolls

Real estate

Houses for sale

• Denville, 3 bedrooms, 8,500.00
• Florham Park, 3 bedrooms, split level, 18,000.00
• Morris Twp., "Highland Woods," (new construction), 9 rooms, 31,500.00

Houses for rent

• Freedom, 2 bedrooms, 85.00/month
• White Meadow Lake, 3 bedrooms, 110.00/month
• Apartments & rooms
• Landing, 1 room, 20.00/week
• Morristown, 1 room, 12.00/week
• Morristown, 2 rooms, 60.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Accordion lessons, Alfred Mayer Accordion and Organ Studios, [Morristown, NJ], 8.00/8 lessons
• Atlantic City bus trip, RT from Morristown, 4.75/ticket
• Board game, Monopoly, 2.19-4.00/each
• Bowling dresses, 10.98-14.98/each
• Dinner, Town House on the Green (recommended by Duncan Hines) [Morristown, NJ], 1.00/person
• Fishing rod set, 5.99-9.95/each
• Football, 1.96/each
• Football helmet, 2.95/each
• Football shoes, 6.95-15.95/pair
• Golf balls, Steel Flyt, 5.88/dozen
• Horse racing, Freehold Raceway, 1.20/admission
• Hi-fi stereo phonograph, 4 speed, 67.00/each
• Movie, drive-in theatre, [Ledgewood, NJ], 1.00/carful
• Paint-by-Numbers set, .77/each
• Radio, Zenith, portable transistor, 34.95/each
• Television, RCA, 21", remote control, 249.95-389.95/each
• Water skis, 15.88-36.25/pair

School supplies

• Dictionary, Webster's New American, 1.49/each
• Globe, 9", 1.98/each
• Index cards, .25/148 pkg
• Loose leaf binders, .69/each
• Loose leaf paper, .39/150 sheets
• Lunch kit, J.C. Higgins, 1.88-2.49/each
• Paste, .29/5 oz jar
• Pencil box with sharpener, .29/each
• Pencil pouch, vinyl with zipper, .20/each
• Pencils, .29/10 pkg
• Theme writing tablets, .99/3
• Typing paper, .23/75 sheet box