Christmas Ads in Durham Morning Herald, Dec. 21, 1924

If you wanted some nuts, you could buy large Brazil nuts for 25 cents a pound or medium Brazil nuts for 20 cents a pound.

Pecans were more expensive. Large jumbo pecans, per pound, “Paper Shell” were 50 cents to 65 cents a pound.

Or maybe you want to “Give Music—and Happiness—This Christmas.” The Corley Company’s offering a Wellington Upright for $390, but you can buy it for $2 a week.

Other musical instruments were Buescher saxaphones, $100 and up; violins,$15 and up; Gibson mandolins, $39 to $150; Martin guitars, $25 and up; Vega Banjo-Mandolins, $40 and up; Vega tenor banjos, $40 and up; Paramount banjos, $100 and up; Buescher trumpets, $65 and up; Buescher trombones, $70 and up; Clarinets, $35 and up; Ludwig Professional trap drum outfits, $50 and up.

A student’s violin, complete with bow, carrying case, in half, three-quarter or full size, is $12. A Hawaiian ukulele is $1.95.

If your family prefers records, a console Victrola is $110 and a Victrola with a radio is $160. If you want the radio Victrola installed and ready to operate, it’s $313.

Advertisements from page 15, the first page of the second section of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Dec. 21, 1924

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