© Vincenzo Aiosa
February, 2015:
Ft. Collins Fades Revisited – Owl Cigars – Coca-Cola – Angell’s Delicatessen – Wendy Baker
Bernzrite Propane – Two Guys (from Harrison) New Jersey
© Frank H. Jump
Now Bernzomatic © Frank H. Jump
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007 © Pleasant Family Shopping
Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping © Michael F. Rizzo
Two Guys From Harrison (later shortened to Two Guys) was a discount store chain founded in 1946 by brothers Sidney and Herbert Hubschman in Harrison, New Jersey, originally selling major appliances such as televisions. The chain acquired the manufacturers of the Vornado appliance brand in 1959, and spread beyond the New York City metropolitan area to more than 100 locations in upstate New York, eastern Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, and as far as Illinois and California. The company’s financial success started to decline in the late 1970s, and was defunct by 1982. – Wikipedia
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Flickr Photostream © Christian Montone
Before they were “Two Guys” department stores, they were “2 Guys from Harrison.” Here’s a 1950s photo of Sidney and Herbert Hubschman’s Lodi store. Courtesy of Susan Conway DeRosa. © Vintage Everyday Blog
Castel Chabre – Toulon, FR – Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
History : This is a family affair. The family of Jacqueline Chabre founded this Toulon institution in 1894. Louis Chabre in 1894 bought the Toulonnaise pharmacy, and Victor Castel in 1894 transformed it into pharmacy-drugstore. The House Castel-Chabre was born (although there was nothing left of the party Castel, the name will remain forever attached to that Chabre) Great Castel-Chabre Pharmacy even had its own analysis laboratory, and extended the pharmacy-drugstore activities to perfumery and hygiene. – The Stores of Toulon (Les Magasins de Toulon)
