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The Golden Gate Milk Bar
The Golden Gate Milk Bar in Courtenay Place, owned by Peter Bares, was only the second milk bar to open in Wellington.
United States servicemen at Hotel Cecil
United States servicemen at a milkbar run by the Red Cross in the Hotel Cecil, corner of Lambton Quay and Molesworth St, Wellington, between 1942 and 1944.
Brown Barrett's coffee and chicory essence
Advertisement in 'The Mirror' for Brown Barrett's coffee and chicory essence
Milk Bar at the Opera House
Milk Bar at the Opera House, Manners Street, Wellington c1962
Kiwi Milk Bar
The Kiwi Milk Bar on the corner of Manners and Herbert Streets, Wellington.
Tip Top milk bar in Wellington
Interior of the Tip Top milk bar
Film clip: at the milk bar
A Scottish woman describes visiting a milkbar with a 'chap from the factory' who thinks she's 'nae bad'.
The Black and White milk bar, plans
The lavish use of Vitrolite in the Black and White gave the milk bar its name.
American servicemen at a milk bar

American servicemen ordering sodas and sundaes at the American Red Cross Cecil Club in Wellington.

Milkshake's at the New Ritz Bar

An American Marine enjoys a milkshake with a New Zealand woman in Auckland's New Ritz Bar

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