Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
How much did it cost for Holiday Foods 100 years ago?
These prices were advertised in The Daily Record [Morris County New Jersey], December 15-25, 1910
| Meat & fowl Morris County geese, 20/lb Morris County ducks, .22/lb Ohio dry picked turkeys, fancy, .28/lb Ohio dry picked chickens, .22/lb Hind quarters of lamb, .16/lb Loins of Pork, .18/lb Fresh hams, .18/lb Sirloin and Porterhouse steak, .16/lb Sardines, imported, .10/can Bell's Poultry Seasining, .10/box Vegetables Mushrooms, .60/lb Sweet sugar corn, .09/can Maine cream corn, J.S. brand, .11/can Sweet peas, Pride of Jersey brand, .12/can Jersey Tomatoes, J.S. Brand, .14/can Lima Beans, Burlington brand, .11/can String beans, Golden Wedding brand, .09/can Asparagus tips, .23/can Olives, plain or stuffed, .25/bottle | Fruits Cape Cod cranberries, .12/quart Finest Leghorn citron, .18/lb Candied lemon or orange peel, .15.lb Crystallized ginger, .15cents/box Table raisins, .12/lb Smyrna figs, .10/box Fard dates, .08/pakage Large grape fruit, .25/4 fruits Sweet Florida oranges, .25/dozen Oregon Apples, .40/dozen Malaga grapes, .15/lb Bartlett pears, .23/can California apricots, .15/can Hawaiian Pineapple, .15/can Dairy, eggs & cheese Fresh western eggs, .28/dozen Fresh creamery butter, .35/lb Swiss cheese, imported, .29/lb | Cakes, candies, & nuts New Years cake, .12/lb Plum Pudding, Curtis Bros., .22/lb Mince meat, None Such, .25/3 pkgs Walnuts, .18/lb Pecans, .18/lb Taragona almonds, .18/lb Jumbo Brazils, .15.lb Filberts, .15/lb Old fashioned broken candy (fancy ribbon candy), .15/lb Chocolate drops, .15/.lb Peanut brittle, .10/lb Jelly Bon Bons, .10/lb Beverages Sweet cider, .25/gallon Condensed milk, .25/3 cans Tea, Viceroy, in fancy Xmas cans, .50/lb Coffee, 3 lb bag, .25/lb |
Thursday, November 25, 2010
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