Historic Prices: 1966

Automobiles

New

• Oldsmobile "98" Town sedan, 3,399.00
• Oldsmobile Cutlass, 2,797.00

Used

• 1965 Buick Skylark convertible, 2,495.00
• 1961 Falcon, 2 door, 450.00
• 1960 Chevy Impala, 995.00

Clothing

• Boys' slacks, 1.19-3.00/pair
• Girls' shoes, Stride Rite, 5.99-18.00/pair
• Men's boots, Chukka, 1.99/pair
• Men's coat, 67.90-100.00/each
• Men's necktie, silk, 1.89-2.50/each
• Men's pajamas, 3.99-6.00/set
• Men's shirt, oxford, 5.00/each
• Men's shoes, Florsheim, 16.99-26.95/pair
• Men's suit, 63.90-115.00/each
• Mink boa, 30.00-45.00/each
• Ski jacket, 14.99-20.00/each
• Women's coat, 39.90-75.00/each
• Women's dress, 16.50-70.00/each
• Women's slacks, tailored, 9.90-15.00/pair
• Women's suit, 14.90-25.00/each

Employment

• Babysitter, 1.00/hour
• Budget clerk, 93.00/week
• Customer relations trainee, 3,900.00/year
• Dental assistant, 4.5 days, 80.00/week
• Draftsman, 100.00/week
• Driver for plumber, 1.50/hour
• Key punch operator, 90.00/week
• Mechanical sales trainee, 6,000/year + company car
• Salesperson, Avon products, 2.00/hour
• Secretary, editorial, 100.00/week
• Security guard, 90.00+/week

Food & beverages

• Apples, Rome Beauty, .39/3 lbs
• Bacon, .79/lb
• Beans, green, .43/two 17 oz cans
• Beef, boneless London broil, .89/lb
• Beef, stewing, .79/lb
• Biscuits, Pillsbury, .29/three 8 oz pkgs
• Bread, Jane Parker, .99/four 16 oz loaves
• Cake mix, Duncan Hines, .66/two 14 oz boxes
• Carrots, fresh, .15/lb
• Cereal, Cheerios, .45/two 7 oz boxes
• Cheese, Borden, American slices, .59/lb
• Chocolate bars, Hersheys, .66/two giant size bars
• Coffee, Ehlers, .75/can
• Cookies, Keebler, Fudge Stripes, .47/14 oz pkg
• Crackers, Premium Saltine, .31/lb
• Eggs, .55/dozen
• Flour, Gold Medal, .55/5 lbs
• French fries, Birdseye, frozen, .89/eight 9 oz pkgs
• Frankfurters, Oscar Meyer, .69/lb
• Ham, .69/6 oz
• Jell-O, .89/ten 3 oz pkgs
• Juice, orange, .89/six 8 oz cans
• Ketchup, Del Monte, 1.00 four 1 pt 4 oz bottles
• Lettuce, iceberg, .25/head
• Macaroni, 1.00/five 16 oz boxes
• Margarine, Shop Rite, .93/four 16 oz pkgs
• Mushrooms, Extra Sno White, .39/lb
• Oil, Wesson, 1.99/gallon
• Oranges, Sunkist navel, .49/10
• Pie, Cherry, .49/each
• Potatoes, .37/5 lbs
• Rice, Carolina, .41/2 lb pkg
• Salt, .10/1 lb 10 oz box
• Sweet potatoes, .29/3 lbs

Furniture

• Bed, maple, four poster, 50.00/each
• Bedroom set, 499.00-769.00/4 piece set
• Bench, pine, wagon-style, 59.98-89.95/each
• Chair, Danish walnut, 39.00-69.95/each
• Desk, French antique white, 259.00-359.00/each
• Dining room set, Ethan Allen, knotty pine, 499.00-588.00/set
• Loveseat, Red toile fabric, 89.00-199.00/each
• Slipcovers, sofa & chair, 74.50-107.50/set
• Sofa, Heredon, 4.99-6.95/each

Household goods

• Bedspread, Fieldcrest, twin, 16.99-20.00/each
• Cleaning fluid, Carbona, .49/4 oz bottle
• Clock, alarm, General Electric, 1.99/each
• Curtains, .99-5.98/pair
• Dinnerware set, Oneida, 3.98-5.40/6 piece set
• Dishwasher, RCA Deluxe, 218.88-279.00/each
• Disinfectant, Lysol, spray, .66/7 oz container
• Lamp shades, 3.99-4.98/each
• Laundry soap, Tide, .59/giant size box
• Light bulbs, Sylvania, .89/package of 6
• Pillows, throw, 1.00-2.98/each
• Refrigerator, RCA, with icemaker, 188.00-269.00/each
• Sheets, Grand Maide, twin, 1.77-2.29/each
• Towels, Scott, Jumbo, .85/three 200 sheet rolls
• Waffle Iron, Dominion, 14.98/each
• Washing machine, RCA, 2 cycle, 148.00-179.00/each

Newspapers

• Daily Record [Morristown NJ] .07/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Aspirin, Bufferin, .66/two 100 count bottles
• Bubble bath, Mr. Bubble, .66/two 12 oz boxes
• Cotton buds, Johnson & Johnson, .66/two 88 count boxes
• Cough syrup, Vick's, .66/bottle
• Desitin ointment, .66/2 ounce tube
• Face cream, Noxema medicated, .66-1.00/6 oz jar
• Hair conditioner, Brylcream, .66/4 oz tube
• Hair spray, Aqua Net, .66/7 oz container
• Hand lotion, Jergens, .99/pint
• Inhaler, Vicks, .66/2 units
• Mouthwash, Listerine, .63/14 ounce bottle
• Pepto Bismol tablets, .66/box
• Razor blades, Gillette, .88/10 count container
• Soap, Ivory, .24/4 bars
• Tissues, Kleenex, .66/3 boxes
• Toilet paper, .79/10 rolls
• Toothpaste, Crest, 1.00/2 tubes
• Vitamins, 100's multiple, .66/bottle

Real estate

Houses for sale

• Dover, 4 bedrooms, 19,000.00
• Madison, 3 bedrooms, older home, 15,900.00
• Roxbury, 3 bedrooms, split level, 23,500.00

Houses for rent

• Denville, town center, 3 bedrooms, 165.00/month
• Rockaway, 5 bedrooms, 187.00/month
• Wharton, 6 room duplex, 165.00/month

Apartments & rooms

• Madison, 4 rooms & bath, 130.00/month
• Morristown, 1 room, 15.00/week

Recreation & amusements

• Books, hardback, .99-5.00/each
• Guitar, electric, Sunburst, 2 yrs old, 90.00/each
• Movie projector, Keystone, 59.85/each
• Organ, Hammond, spinet, 650.00/each
• Pen, Papermate, .66/each
• Phonograph records, 45 RPMs, .54/each
• Playing cards, twin deck sets, .58/2 decks
• Pool tables, 335.00-700.00/each
• Puzzles, jigsaw, .37-.97/each
• Sewing machine, Singer, zigzag, 39.99/each
• Skates, hockey, 7.97-8.88/pair
• Sled, 48", 5.99/each
• Stereo, RCA 8 speaker AM/FM, 188.88-289.95/each
• Superball, Wham-O, .66/each
• Television, 23", 159.00/each
• Yarn, 4 fold mothproof virgin wool, .78/4 oz skein