Fergus' The Ark, Wilmington, North Carolina 1961 Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Hirtzler was considered a celebrity

Hirtzler was considered a celebrity himself at the time

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Hirtzler was a great self-promoter and named several dishes after himself including Crab Cocktail Victor

which would have been the fashion at the time

the burlesque club and was popular with servicemen who were invited on stage to play boomps-a-daisy with the chorus girls

Fergus' The Ark, Wilmington, North Carolina 1961 Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Hirtzler was considered a celebrityThis gorgeous menu, dominated by an extremely dapper fish with its top hat and cane, comes from Fergus Ark, a floating seafood restaurant which was docked on the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Ark was built in Wilmington in 1922 and was a gambling boat, a troop transporter and a coastguard quarter boat until Eldridge Fergus, a local businessman, bought it and converted it into the restaurant. This menu art is from 1961 and we dont