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Digital Photograph - Mother, Boy & Girl Looking in Milk Bar Front Windows, Moonee Ponds, 1949
Reg. No: MM 110851
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- Description Of Content:
- Mother, boy and girl looking in the front windows of a milk bar.
This photograph shows the Atkinson family looking in a shop window, 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. The family remembers: 'This was 'another' milk bar in Moonee Ponds. The 'opposition'.' - Acquisition Information:
- Copied from Mrs Joan Kimberley, 2006
- Acknowledgement:
- Contributed by Mrs Joan Kimberley
| Discipline: | History |
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| Tagged with: | milk bars, migrants, shops, retailing |
| Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection |
| Primary Classification: | COMMERCE & RETAILING |
| Secondary Classification: | Milk Bars |
| Tertiary Classification: | shop fronts |
| People Depicted: | Atkinson, Doris; Atkinson, Joan; Atkinson, Geoffrey |
| 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 |
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