Golden Gate Milk Bar and staff, Wellington
Object type
Image
- Description
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The Golden Gate Milk Bar was situated at 78 Courtenay Place, Wellington, opposite the St James Theatre. It was owned and operated by Peter Baresm who was born in Greece and emigrated to New Zealand in 1930. He first owned shops in Invercargill and Oamaru before moving to Wellington in 1935. By 1943, Bares was operating the Golden Gate Milk Bar and Popular Milk Bar, both in Courtney Place, as well as the Arizona Milk Bar in Kilbirnie.
In 1945 he moved to Palmerston North when he bought the Royale Dutch luncheon and tearooms. From left: Unknown; Kleoniki Ververis, sister of Peter Bares (Panayioti Ververis); Linda Hardy; Shirley Walsh; Loretta ?. Further information can be found on the Bares family and businesses at IMCA A175/381-R.
Identification
- Relation
- IMCA Digital Archive 2011
- Date
- circa 1938
- Digitisation id
- 2011P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_005960
- Held in
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- Raine, Willis Street, Wellington [?]
- Place
- Wellington
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions