Ciungan's Shrimp House, Ecorse, Michigan 1954 Vietnam Milton Berle and Lilian Roth

Milton Berle and Lilian Roth were among its patrons

where Les Shannon and his band played nightly

He studied abstract Impressionism briefly in Germany before returning to his adopted country in the middle of The Great Depression

Fitzsimmons in March 1955

advertising a restaurant called The Plantation Kitchen

Ciungan's Shrimp House, Ecorse, Michigan 1954 Vietnam Milton Berle and Lilian RothThis has to be one of the cutest trains on a vintage menu. A little steam engine saying Toot! Toot! carries fresh shrimp from New Orleans on a journey of a thousand miles to Ecorse, Michigan. Ciungan's Shrimp House was in business for almost five decades before the property burned down. Apparently the lobster and fried shrimp were legendary and some people still fondly remember the place. Courtesy Private Collection. Each print is accompanied by a