1939

Automobiles

New
  • Buick Convertible Coup, 900.00
  • Packard, 867.00
Used
  • 1936, Plymouth Deluxe Tudor, 375.00
  • 1934, Ford Deluxe Coup, 175.00
  • Automobile insurance: Property damage 5,000.00; Liability, 5,000.00-10,000.00, 12.50/year

Clothing

  • Boy's shirt, 1.50/each
  • Boy's slacks, 5.00/year
  • Girl's blouse, 1.00/each
  • Girl's dress, 5.98/each
  • Girl's shoes, 1.69-1.98/pair
  • Men's coat, reversible, 17.50/each
  • Men's necktie, Botany, wool, 1.00/each
  • Men's shirt, Arrow, 2.00/each
  • Men's slacks, wool, 5.95/pair
  • Men's sport coat, tweed, 15.00/each
  • Men's sweater, 3.00/each
  • Women's coat, reversible, 8.98-16.98/each
  • Women's dress, 29.95/each
  • Women's shoes, 6.50-16.75/pair
  • Women's skirt, wool, 1.98/each
  • Women's sweater, Shetland wool, 4.98/each

Employment

  • Housekeeper, live-in, 7.00/week
  • Maid, 30.00-60.00/month
  • Salesman/collector, 22.50/week

Food & beverages

  • Apples, McIntosh, .14/3 lbs
  • Bacon, Mutual, .25/two half lb pkgs
  • Baking powder, Davis, .25/two 12 oz cans
  • Beef, rib roast, .27/lb
  • Bisquick, Gold Medal, .25/large pkg
  • Butter, Ideal, .25/lb
  • Cantaloupe, .29/2
  • Cereal, Wheaties, .10/pkg
  • Coffee, Chase & Sanborn, .21/lb
  • Cheese, Kraft, Velveeta, .41/2 lbs
  • Chicken, broilers, .25/lb
  • Cold cuts, .25/lb
  • Corn, Jersey, .10/7 ears
  • Corned beef hash, Broadcast, .31/two 16 oz cans
  • Crackers, Nabisco, Ritz, .10/lb box
  • Crisco, .17/lb
  • Eggs, .21/dozen
  • Flour, Pillsbury, .29/7 lb bag
  • Graham crackers, Nabisco, .17/lb
  • Ham, Puritan, smoked, .25/lb
  • Ketchup, Heinz, .17/large bottle
  • Margarine, Allsweet, .14/lb
  • Miracle Whip, Kraft, .37/quart jar
  • Ovaltine, .59-.75/pkg
  • Onions, U.S. No. 1, yellow, .10/4 lbs
  • Oranges, California, .19/dozen
  • Pie, Lemon Chiffon, .25/each
  • Potatoes, Idaho baking, .25/6 lbs
  • Soda, Coca Cola, .25/6 bottles
  • Soup, Campbell's, .08/can
  • SPAM, Hormel, .23/can
  • Sugar, .25/5 lb bag
  • Tomatoes, Jersey, .10/4 lbs

Household & seasonal goods

  • Bedroom furniture, maple, 12 piece set, 59.00/set
  • Blanket, Kenwood, wool, 5.95-8.50/each
  • canister set, 4 pieces, .69/set
  • Casserole dish, Wear-Ever, aluminum, 1 3/4 quart size, 1.79/each
  • Coffee percolator, Mirro, self-measuring, 1.98-2.25/12 cup unit
  • Kettle, aluminum, whistling, .69/each
  • Laundry detergent, Kirkman's, soap flakes, .20/large pkg
  • Lawn seed, Scott's, 2.75/5 lb bag
  • Light bulbs, General Electric, .07/each
  • Paint, Moore, Sani-flat, indoor, 2.10/gallon
  • Refrigerator, Sears, Coldspot, 119.88/each
  • Washing machine, 69.95-89.95/each

Newspaper

.03/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Alka Seltzer, .49-.60/pkg
  • Aspirin, Bayer's, .59-1.00/bottle
  • Cough syrup, Stoke's, .49-.75/each
  • Dry cleaning, men's suit, .95/each
  • Hot water bottle, Trent, .79-1.29/each
  • Mouthwash, Listerine, .59-.75/bottle
  • Night cream, Novena, 1.00-2.00/jar
  • Razor, Schick, .49-1.00/each
  • Razor blades, Drury Lane, .25/25 count pkg
  • Soap, Ivory, .25/3 large cakes
  • Tissue, Kleenex, .55/two 500 count boxes
  • Toilet paper, Scott, .20/3 rolls
  • Toothpaste, Ipana, .39-.50/pkg
  • Witch hazel, .09-.35/bottle

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Morristown, 6 rooms, 6,500.00
  • Morristown, 5 rooms, bungalow, 4,200.00
  • Morristown, 6 rooms, 3,500.000
Houses for rent
  • Morristown, 8 rooms, 85.00/month
  • Morristown, 7 rooms, 45.00/month
  • Morristown, 4 rooms, 30.00/month
Apartments & rooms
  • Morristown, 4 rooms, 62.50/month
  • Morristown, 3 rooms, 50.00/month
  • Morristown, 1 room, 3.00-4.00/week

Recreation & amusements

  • Bicycle, Elgin, boy's, 19.98/each
  • Bus trip, New York World's Fair, .75/child; 1.50/adult
  • Card party & dessert, St. Virgil's Church [Morris Plains, NJ], .50/tally
  • Clambake, Elk's Morristown Lodge [Morristown, NJ], 3.00/ticket
  • Football, Kenwell, .89-1.50/each
  • Golf, 18 holes, Valley View, [Whippany, NJ], .18/weekdays; 1.50/weekends & holidays
  • Lunch, Day's Fountain [Morristown, NJ], .35/person
  • Movie ticket, .25-.55/matinee; .55-1.10/evening
  • Radio, Silvertone, 11 tube console, 59.95/each
  • Roller skates, Union Hardware, .69/pair
  • Theatre ticket, Papermill Playhouse [Millburn, NJ], .55-1.00/each

School supplies

  • Girl's gym togs, "Official High School," blouse/1.00; shorts/1.39; bloomers, 1.89/pair
  • Girl's school uniform skirt, 1.98-3.98/each
  • Lunch kit, Sears, with pint bottle, .98-1.29/set
  • School bags, genuine leather, 16", .95/each