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Boosted by a wave of European immigrants as well as overseas literature and film, 'café culture' was on the rise in 1950s Aotearoa. It started in the big cities where they overtook the pre war 'milk bars' but there ascendancy was scuttled by the arrival of television and the abolition of six o' clock closing for bars. Today cafes have had a resurgence.

Thanks to 'Snow Whites De Luxe Cafe' there was no reason for Levin to miss out on the big city excitement! They probably didn't really have seven dwarfs but this slide was shown in the cinema- a magical place where reality was suspended for a while, and many advertisers were liberal with their claims on their slides! 

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Date
1950s

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Taxonomy

Tags
mavtech museum,
Community Tags
advertising,
advertising slide,
business,
cafe,
cinema,
fairytale,
food and drink,
levin,
levin business,
mavtech museum,
museum of audio and visual technology,
shopping,
slide,
snow whites,
snow whites de luxe cafe,

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Related items

Johnson Optiscope Model 12 Lantern Projector
HMS Hood- Magic Lantern Slide
Magic Lantern Slide- Farming
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