J.E. Thrasher General Store |
J. E. Thrasher General Store
Located near the Smith building, John E. Thrasher Senior’s original store burned in 1911. The warehouse served as general store until a new brick building was completed down the street in 1923. This cashier’s cage in Thrasher’s store looks almost as it did during 1911-1923, featuring a 1908 typewriter with both a lower and upper keyboard, a 1923 cash register, an adding machine (circa 1910), and sets of keys used in the warehouse and various out -buildings and gates. Several original spindles for holding charge tickets hang on the wall with a coat typical of the 1920s. J.E. Thrasher Junior's straw hat dates from around 1910. Original books of account records are on display. The carbide light fixture is one of a dozen that illuminated the warehouse before electricity came to Micanopy. |