Elm Paint & Hardware – glass, paint, windows, electrical, repaired, locks, plumbing, keys made, exterminating supplies © Vincenzo Aiosa
Still in business!
Hardware
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
Flickr Photostream © Bob Batchelor
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
Masback Hardware Company – Hudson Street – SoHo, NYC
© Vincenzo Aiosa
Robert J. Masbach’s obituary in The New York Times, 17 March 1943, p. 21, explains some of this chronology: “Robert J. Masback, founder and chairman of the board of the Masback Hardware Company, 326-44 Hudson Street, one of the largest wholesale houses in its field, died yesterday at his home, 277 Park Avenue, at the age of 83. – Walter Grutchfield
W.W. Grainger – Canal Street 1997
From the Fading Ads of NYC (History Press, 2011) © Frank H. Jump
Check out Walter Grutchfield’s online article on MACK SIGNS.
Featured Fade – Nick Hirshon – W.H. Smith Hardware Co – Wholesale Since 1874 – Oil & Gas Museum – Parkersburg, WV
Found some ghost signs for you in West Virginia, @FadingAdpic.twitter.com/LXr9GDEPY5
— Nick Hirshon (@nickhirshon) November 30, 2013
Here’s another ghost sign for you @FadingAd. Out in Parkersburg, WV. pic.twitter.com/3bbFaWyU18
— Nick Hirshon (@nickhirshon) November 30, 2013
Lumbering, Tackle, Chain Dog. ??? Grayscale- CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE © Nick Hirshon
Men of West Virginia, 1903 – © Google Books
W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building, also known as the Oil and Gas Museum of the Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, is a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1899, on the foundation of a building built about 1874. It is a four-story, masonry building with Romanesque Revival architectural details. The rectangular building measure 60 feet by 120 feet, with an 18 feet by 12 feet outcrop. It housed the W.H. Smith Hardware Company until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. – Wikipedia
W.H. Smith Company was founded in 1886 by William H. Smith and for decades occupied the W.H. Smith Hardware building in downtown Parkersburg. In 1975 Vin Rathbone purchased the company from William A. Smith and in the 1980s moved the company to its current location on DuPont Road in Parkersburg. W.H.Smith Company, a certified small business, has a proud history dating back more than 135 years – and is a leader in producing Hose Assemblies and Systems and Load Securing and Material Handling Products, primarily for military applications. We provide value added services including assembly, light fabrication, welding, painting and testing. – WH Smith Co. Website
REFERENCES:
- Men of West Virginia: Vol. 1, p. 354 (Biographical Pub. Co., Chicago, 1903) – Google Books (PDF)
- W.H. Smith Hardware Co. Building – Wikipedia
- W.H. Smith Co. Website
Kornblau-Goldblum Supply Co. Inc. – Robert’s Books • Stationery
© Frank H. Jump
Previously posted on FAB – Apr 20th, 2010 – Kornblau-Goldblum Supply Co Inc — Robert’s Books & Stationery — Verveelen Place, Bronx
Schwabacher Hardware Co – Seattle, WA
Schwabacher Hardware Co – First Avenue S. – Seattle, Washington © Frank H. Jump
Schwabacher’s Hardware Co. at First and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1900 – Wikipedia Commons
The Schwabacher Brothers—Louis Schwabacher (1837 – June 3, 1900), Abraham (Abe) Schwabacher (c. 1838 – September 7, 1909), and Sigmund (Sig) Schwabacher (May 14, 1841 – March 20, 1917)—were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington State. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle…..
The three Schwabacher brothers’ only sister, Barbetta (Babette) Schwabacher (January 3, 1836 – January 7, 1908), married the brothers’ business associate Bailey Gatzert in 1861. The couple headed in 1869 for Seattle—then a town of barely 1,000 people—where Gatzert established a branch of Schwabacher Bros. & Company. Gatzert would go on to become Seattle’s first (and, as of 2009, only) Jewish mayor. Schwabacher Bros. & Company became Seattle’s first wholesaler, with a business opened October 11, 1869. Schwabachers’ 1872 Seattle shop at Front Street (now First Avenue South) and Yesler Way was the city’s first brick building. Under Gatzert’s direction, the company also constructed a warehouse, a grist mill, and Schwabacher’s Wharf. – Wikipedia
Schwabacher interior circa 1900 – Wikipedia Commons
Key Seattle Schwabacher personnel, 1900.
Top: Sig Schwabacher.
Middle (left-to-right): Sigismund Aronson, James S. Goldsmith, George Boole.
Bottom: Nathan Eckstein. – Wikipedia Commons
© Worthpoint
This is a 5 lb Coffee Can on the front it says: M.K. (Milk Kettle) Coffee Schwabacher Bros. & Co Seattle On the back it reads; “Five Pounds Net weight, M.K (Milk Kettle) Coffee is packed in a kettle with the idea of placing Coffee in the hands of consumers in best possible condition. The package – which furnishes brand name – is more costly than the ordinary can and has a virtue aside from its use as a coffee container, no doubt apparent – particularly to house keepers. RULES FOR MAKING COFFEE: Take dry coffee, quantity desired, add boiling water, boil water and coffee five minutes, settle by adding a dash of cold water. Serve immediately with cream.” In small letters it says St. Louis Tin and Sheet metal Working Co. – Worthpoint
- Seattle: Schwabacher & Co. – Tracing the Tribe – March 26, 2008
- Schwabacher Family – Jewish Genealogy Society of Seattle
Baldwin & Brown Hardware – Lime & [Gypsum?] – Main Street – Richmond, VA
G. Carwich Hardware – Wallpaper & Paints – Pawn Shop – Richmond, VA
© Frank H. Jump
CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE © Frank H. Jump
- Store – Permit Number: 27834, Hardware Store & Show Room for Carwich Hardware Co. 1711 E. Main St., Address: 1713-15 E. Main, 1946 – Control Number : 2553 – A Guide to the Richmond (Va.), Bureau of Permits and Inspections, Building permit architectural blueprints and specifications, 1907-1949 – Accession Number 30150, 30745, 38536 – A Collection in the Library of Virginia
© Frank H. Jump
