Tallahasseeans have a chance to get their hands on pieces of local history.
The old Ashmore Drug Store, located on Brevard Street in the heart of Frenchtown, is hosting a rummage sale this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to clear out the store, which has been vacant for years. Cash and cards will be accepted. The interior is quite dusty, so masks are recommended.
“What we heard from working with the community was to give people who have visited here a chance to own some of these treasures,” said John Baker, policy and program development administrator for the city of Tallahassee.
Glassware, vinyl records, tools, Florida license plates and political memorabilia are just some of the items available. Some items date to the 1950s.
This isn’t the first time there has been a rummage sale at Ashmore’s, but Saturday’s will be the last.
The history of Ashmore
Tallahassee Democrat columnist and local historian Gerald Ensley wrote plenty about the old general store in Frenchtown.
“Rob Roy Ashmore, a native of nearby Sopchoppy, founded the store at 509 W. Brevard St. in 1946 after serving in World War II,” Ensley wrote. “He sold groceries, merchandise, ointments and potions such as the famed Red Rooster pill, the Viagra of its day.”