{"id":16247,"date":"2015-02-04T02:34:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T02:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=16247"},"modified":"2015-02-04T14:03:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T14:03:53","slug":"bernzrite-two-guys-from-harrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2015\/02\/04\/bernzrite-two-guys-from-harrison\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernzrite Propane &#8211; Two Guys (from Harrison) New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/two-guys-benz01.png?resize=580%2C579\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"579\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/two-guys-benz02.png?resize=580%2C579\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"579\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now Bernzomatic \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/bernzrite.JPG?resize=580%2C918\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"918\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebay<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/two-guys.png?resize=580%2C307\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"307\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007 \u00a9 Pleasant Family Shopping<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/two-guys-glory-days-buffalo-michael-rizzo.jpg?resize=580%2C864\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"864\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping \u00a9 Michael F. Rizzo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>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&#8217;s financial success started to decline in the late 1970s, and was defunct by 1982.\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Wikipedia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/twoguys1.jpg?resize=580%2C858\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"858\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr Photostream \u00a9 Bob Batchelor<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/twoguys-lr.jpg?resize=580%2C964\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"964\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr Photostream \u00a9 Christian Montone<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/2015\/old-shops-and-store-in-NJ.jpg?resize=580%2C404\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"404\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before they were &#8220;Two Guys&#8221; department stores, they were &#8220;2 Guys from Harrison.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a 1950s photo of Sidney and Herbert Hubschman&#8217;s Lodi store. Courtesy of Susan Conway DeRosa. \u00a9 Vintage Everyday Blog<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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. 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