Historic Prices: 1990

Automobiles

New
  • Chrysler New Yorker, 16,586.00
  • Jeep Cherokee Loredo, 17,792.00
  • Plymouth Voyager, SE Minivan, 14,995.00
Used
  • 1988, Dodge Caravan, 9,500.00
  • 1987, Honda Accord LX, 8.500.00
  • 1986, Ford Escort, wagon, 3,695.00

Clothing

  • Men's boots, Timberland, 69.95-139.95/each
  • Men's jacket, leather, 199.99-399.99/each
  • Men's slacks, Dockers, 25.00/pair
  • Men's sportcoat, tweed, 179.00/each
  • Men's suit, Evan Picone, wool, 279.99/each
  • Men's sweater, 29.90-39.90/each
  • Sweatshirts, Champion, 32.00/each
  • Women's blouse, rayon, 28.50-82.00/each
  • Women's dress coat, Jones New York, 499.99/each
  • Women's jogging suit, 13.98-42.00/each
  • Women's skirt, flannel wool, 108.00/each
  • Women's sweater, hooded, 22.50-42.00/each

Employment & services

  • Assistant manager, marketing, 300.00-400.00/week
  • Automobile sales, 20,000.00-40,000.00/year
  • Automobile technicians, 20,000.00-55,000.00/year
  • Cafeteria/food prep worker, 6.00/hour
  • Cashier, ShopRite, 5.00/hour
  • Lifeguards, 8.00/hour
  • Limousine rental, 150.00/3 hours
  • Sales manager, 47,000.00/year
  • Secretary, 23,000.00-43,000.00/year
  • Security guards, 7.00-9.99/hour
  • Telephone service, cellular, Motorola, 12.00-16.00/month

Food & beverages

  • Apple, Red Delicious, .79/lb
  • Bacon, Smithfield, 1.99/lb
  • Bananas, .39/lb
  • Beef, Sirloin steak, 3.99/lb
  • Bread, Italian, .89/lb loaf
  • Butter, Land O'Lakes, .99/8 oz cup
  • Cake, Pepperidge Farm, layer, 1.34/17 oz box
  • Cheese, Breakstone, cottage cheese, 1.29/lb
  • Chicken, Purdue, Oven Stuffer, .79/lb
  • Coffee, Maxwell House, 1.99/13 oz can
  • Cookies, Nabisco, Oreo Double Stuf, 2.49/20 oz box
  • Corn, Green Giant, .99/two 15 oz cans
  • Crackers, Sunshine, Krispy saltines, .99/lb box
  • Eggs, Farm Fresh, large, .89/dozen
  • Fish, Gorton's Crunchy Fish Sticks, 1.59/8 oz box
  • Ham, Virginia style, 3.99/lb
  • Ice cream, Ann Page, 1.59/half gallon
  • Juice, Tropicana, orange, 1.19/12 oz can
  • Lamb, leg of, 1.99/lb
  • Macaroni, Muellers, elbows, 1.00/three 8 oz boxes
  • Pancake mix, Aunt Jemima, .89/5.3 oz box
  • Potato chips, Wise, .99/10 oz bag
  • Potatoes, eastern, .89/5 lb bag
  • Soda, Coca Cola, 1.99/6 pack
  • Spaghetti sauce, Francesco Rinaldi, 1.49/30 oz jar
  • Tuna, Bumble Bee, .99/6.5 oz can
  • Water, Evian, 1.49/1.5 litre bottle
  • Yoplait, 1.00/two 6 oz containers

Furniture

Carpet, DuPont Stainmaster, 13.99-45.00/sq yard Chair, recliner, 299.00-599.00/each Dinette, maple, 5 pieces, 299.00/set Futon, full size, 169.00-558.00/each Lamps, 49.99-250.00/each Mattress, twin, 139.00/each Rug, Chinese, 9' X 12', 2,699.00/each Sofa, Thomasville, camelback, 999.00/each

Household goods

  • Alarm clock, Westclock, 6.99/each
  • Can opener, Black & Decker, Spacesaver, 19.99/each
  • Chrysanthemums, 5.99/5" pot
  • Leaf bags, 6 bushel size, 6.99/40 count box
  • Leaf blower, backpack style, 359.95/each
  • Percolator, Farberware, 8 cups, 44.88/each
  • Rake, metal, 4.99/each
  • Range, White Westinghouse, electric, 217.00/each
  • Refrigerator, White Westinghouse, 17 cu ft, 377.00/each
  • Shredder/chipper, 5 hp, 399.95-499.95/each
  • Tea kettle, Presto, electric, 143.77/each
  • Trash can, Roughneck, 32 gallons, 9.99/each
  • Vacuum cleaner, Royal, handheld, 36.99/each
  • Washing machine, General Electric, 199.00/each

Newspapers

  • Daily Record [Morristown NJ], .25/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Deodorant, Right Guard, Sport Stick, 1.69/2.5 oz stick
  • Laundry detergent, Cheer liquid, 3.49/half gallon
  • Shampoo, VO-5, .99/15 oz bottle
  • Soap, Ivory, .79/4 pack
  • Throat lozenges, Luden's, .99/3 boxes
  • Toilet paper, Charmin, 3.49/12 rolls
  • Toothpaste, Colgate, 1.59/4.6 oz tube
  • Weight loss drink, Ultra Slim Fast, 5.99/15 oz container

Real estate

  • Houses for sale
  • Chester Twp., 3 bedrooms, 3 acres, 300,000.00
  • East Hanover, ranch, 3 bedrooms, 219,900.00
  • Florham Park, townhouse, 3 bedrooms, 169,500.00
Houses for rent
  • Florham Park, 3 bedrooms, 1,150.00/month
  • Hackettstown, 2 bedrooms, 2,230.00/month
  • Hopatcong, 3 bedrooms, 990.00/month
Apartments & rooms
  • East Hanover, furnished room with bath, 650.00/month
  • Hackettstown, 1 bedroom,490.00/each
  • Parsippany, unfurnished room, 400.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • CB Radio, mobile, 79.95-139.95/each
  • CD player, portable, 159.95-199.95/each
  • Computer, Tandy, 1000RL & color monitor, 799.00/each
  • Dinner, Sizzler, steak & all you can eat shrimp, 7.00/person
  • Fitness club, American woman, 49.00/3 months
  • Game Boy, 89.97/each
  • Horseback riding lessons, Seaton Hackney Stables, 99.25/5 lessons
  • Movies, Cinema 10, matinee, 3.50/ticket
  • Skis, Rossignol, 259.00-375.00/pair
  • Steeplechase races, Far Hills Race Meeting Assn., 25.00/ticket
  • Stereo, portable (AM/FM dual cassette), 97.00/each
  • Stereo system, Technics, 220 watt, 797.00/each
  • Television, Zenith, 25", 203.00/each
  • Video, prerecorded, Disney's Little Mermaid, 18.99/each
  • Video tape, Fuji, blank, 2.49/each
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