Digital Photograph - Boy Running Past Shops, Woman & Girl Walking Behind, Moonee Ponds, 1949

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Description Of Content:: Boy running past shop windows on the foot-path, with woman and girl walking behind him.

This photograph shows a boy running in front of a row of shops, with Doris and Joan Atkinson walking behind, Moonee Ponds, 1949. After emigrating from England the Atkinson family bought a milk bar in Moonee Ponds, after only six weeks in the country. The Atkinson family's mother and father had given them some start-up money, 1000 pounds to buy a business. Unfortunately the young couple struggled and eventually bowed out of the business having learnt a hard lesson. They ended up moving to Gippsland when Cliff Atkinson found employment with the Gas & Fuel Corporation. These were the local shops around the corner from the Atkinson's family milk bar.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Mrs Joan Kimberley, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Mrs Joan Kimberley

Discipline:

History

Themes this item is part of:	Migration Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection, Clothing & Textiles Collection
Primary Classification:	COMMERCE & RETAILING
Secondary Classification:	Clothing & Fashion
Tertiary Classification:	shop fronts
People Depicted:	Atkinson, Doris; Atkinson, Joan; unknown boy
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1949 Source of Date Depicted: Based on the date that the family immigrated to Australia.
Photographer:	Mr Cliff Atkinson