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Snows Whites De Luxe Cafe- Cinema Advertising Slide
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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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- 1950s