Summary

Colour photograph of the street frontage of K & A Pappas, Australian & Continental Milk Bar in Preston West, which was acquired by Dimitra Birthisel's parents Athanasia & Konstantinos Papadimitropoulos in 1972. It was located at 295 Gilbert Road West Preston.

When the family purchased the shop it was a single fronted milk bar with a small house attached in the rear. The family lived there for 20 years, leaving in 1992. For a short period of three years from 1983 to 1985 they sold the business and leased the freehold to be able to travel. The new owners went bankrupt and the family re-acquired the business in 1985. The name on the door is 'K & A Pappas' which was an abbreviation that Athanasia and Konstantinos used for a short period until their children grew older and objected.

Photograph collected as part of Melbourne's Biggest Family Album in 2006.

Description of Content

Streetscape showing milk bar shopfront, with bicycle standing outside it, in the 1980s.

Physical Description

Colour photograph

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