Historic Prices: 1964

Automobiles

• Fords, 1,764.00
• Renault, 1,455.00
• Used, Chevrolet, Bel-Air station wagon, 1960, 1,095.00
• Used, Mercedes Benz, 300SL Roadster, 1958, 5,995.00
• Used, VW sedan, 1961, 1,295.00
• Motor Oil, Allstate, 3.33/10 quart can
• Tires, Goodyear, 17.30-29.00/each (with trade in)

Clothing

• Men's sport coat, lightweight cardigan, 15.95/each
• Men's suit, dacron-cotton, 45.00/each
• Men's slacks, 5.95-6.95/pair
• Women's skirt, 3.97
• Women's suit, seersucker, 11.98/each
• Women's dress, Jersey, 4.77/each
• Women's dress shoes, Red cross, 12.99/pair
• Woman's jacket, vinyl suede, 3.99-6.99/each
• Woman's blouse, 8.00/each
• Women's handbags, 1.99-3.00/each
• Boy's major league jackets, 2.66-5.98/each
• Girl's playwear, .77/each

Food & beverages

• Bananas, .15/lb
• Beef, ground chuck, .59/lb
• Bread, .33/2lb loaf
• Cake mix, Betty Crocker, .35/19oz pkg
• Cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, 1.00/3 8oz pkgs
• Cheese, American slices, .51/12oz pks
• Coffee, Fyne Taste, instant, .99/lb
• Cookies, Nabisco's Fig Newtons, .31/lb
• Duck, .39/lb
• Fish, sole, fresh, .89/lb
• Ham, Armour, 3.99/5 lb can
• Ice cream, Holland Dutch Treat, .59/half gallon
• Jell-O, .88/10 3oz packages
• Juice, orange, concentrate, .99/5 6oz cans
• Juice, Libby's, tomato, .39/4 1 pt 2 oz cans
• Lettuce, iceberg, .19/2 large heads
• Margarine, Fleischmann's, .42/lb
• Mayonnaise, Hellmann's .59/quart
• Milk, White House, evaporated, .79/6 13fl/oz cans
• Onions, Texas, .25/3 lbs
• Oranges, Florida, .49/4lb bag
• Peanut butter, .99/3lb jar
• Pineapples, fresh whole, .39/each
• Potatoes, Maine, .45/5lbs
• Soda, Foodtown, .07/can
• Strawberries, .33/pint basket
• Sugar, .59/5 lb bag
• Chicken, .25/lb
• Tea, .84/100 bag pkg
• Tuna, Chicken of the Sea, chunk white, 1.00/3 6.5oz cans

Furniture

• Bedroom set, 4 piece, laminated walnut, 198.00-289.98/set
• Chairs, Stratolounger, 139.00-199.00/each
• File cabinet, 4 drawer, metal, 25.88/each
• Livingroom set, 2 piece, 198.99-299.00/set
• Mattress & boxspring, Beautyrest, 159.00-179.00/set
• Patio furniture, 6 piece, wrought iron, 199.00/set
• Rug, Nylon, 9X12, 37.62/each

Garden equipment

• Annual flowers, .69/12 plant pack
• Azaleas, 4.89/3 bushes
• Lawn mower, Homco, gas, 115.95-124.95/each
• Picnic table set, redwood, 17.44-19.88/set
• Rake, steel, 18", .99-1.92/each
• Rose bushes, .25-.59/each
• Seed, grass, 3.29/4 lbs

Household goods

• Bedspread, 10.98-12.98/each
• Blender, Hamilton Beach, 16.98
• Clorox, .49/gallon
• Clothes washer, General Electric, 169.00/each
• Dinnerware, Melamine, setting for 8, 15.88/set
• Dishwasher, General Electric, 128.00/each
• Freezer, 340lbs, 128.00
• Ironing board, 6.66/each
• Laundry soap, Tide, .59/giant box
• Paint, Sapolin, latex house, 5.97/gallon
• Refrigerator, Amana, 14.2 cu ft, 288.00/each
• Vacuum cleaner, General Electric, canister, 26.95-39.95/each

Newspapers

• Daily Record .07/weekday paper

Personal care & health

• Aspirin, Squibb, 1.3901.96/2 200count bottles
• Hair dryer, Lady Sunbeam, 19.94-24.94/each
• Shampoo, Head & Shoulders .91/2 7oz tubes
• Permanent wave, Lilt, 2.50/can
• Shaver, Lady Remington, 11.88/each
• Talcum powder, Ponds, .54/6.5oz pkg
• Tissues, Scott .49/2 400count boxes
• Toothbrush, Squibb, .98/2 brushes
• Toothbrush, Westinghouse, electric cordless, 28.88
• Toothpaste, Crest .44/extra large tube

Real estate

• Chatham, 4 bedroom colonial, 31,300.00
• Long Valley, Valley View Acres (new construction), 16,900.00
• Parsippany, 3 bedroom ranch, 23,000.00
• Rent, Mountain Lakes, 3 bedrooms, 225.00/month
• Rent, Randolph 3-4 bedroom split level, 175.00/month
• Apartment, Morristown, Township Village, 1 & 2 bedrooms, 139.00/month
• Apartment, Parsippany, Meadowbrook Gardens, 4-5 rooms, 125.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Boat, Chris-Craft Corsair Sunlounger, 1,995.00/complete
• Camera film & processing, 1.55-1.99/roll
• Chatham Air bus (Cessna air service to Kennedy Airport), 14.50/person
• Dinner, De Maio's Mother's Day, baked Virginia ham, 3.75/plate
• Movie projector, Argus, 8mm, 49.95/each
• Movie ticket, Ledgewood Drive-in, 1.00/car
• Organ, Everett spinet, 695.00/each
• Phonograph, Bulova, "Hi fi," 59.00/each
• Piano, 395.00-7,500.00/each
• Radio, General Electric, pocket transistor, 10.88/each
• Rally for Barry Goldwater, Madison Square Garden, NYC, 2.00/ticket
• Sewing machine, Kenmore, 67.00/each
• Television, Dumont, color, 499.00/each