Gus and Emma Adler Collection
2011.10.1
Photographs
representative photographs of 48 total.
Box Folder I.D. # Description Thumbnail
M2011.10.1 adlmss_006 adl_001 Emma Adler with Robert Mitchum, during the production of Thunder Road (1958). [from original color]
    adl_002 Robert Mitchum, actor in Thunder Road (1958). [from original color]
    adl_003 Emma Adler with unknown man and actor Keely Smith during the production of Thunder Road (1958). [from original black and white]
   adl_004 Gus Adler standing in back doorway at the Sky Club. [from original black and white]
   adl_005 Sky Club housekeepers. [from original black and white]
   adl_006 1954 kitchen staff for the Sky Club. [from original color]
   adl_007 Wait staff for the Sky Club. [from original black and white]
   adl_008 Patrons of the Sky Club enjoyed live entertainment. [from original black and white]
   adl_009 Gus' business partner, Arthur Tratch and his wife. [from original black and white]
   adl_010 Jeane McMahan and Fred Godfrey. [from original black and white]
   adl_011 Emma Adler in front of the Sky Club. [from original black and white]
   adl_012 Gus and Emma in front of palm trees. [from original black and white]
   adl_013 Gus Adler on the beach. [from original black and white]
   adl_014 Emma and Gus Adler sunbathing. [from original black and white]
   adl_015 Construction on the Adlers' residence, Beau Castle in the 1930s. [from original black and white]
   adl_016 Exterior view of Beau Castle. [from original color]
   adl_017 Construction on the Adlers' residence, Beau Castle in the 1930s. [from original black and white]
   adl_018 Grace Kelly, actor in The Swan (1956). [from original black and white]
   adl_019 Fess Parker, actor in Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (1956). [from original black and white]
   adl_020 Emma Adler serving food to the set crew of Thunder Road (1958). The Adlers often catered meals for film productions. [from original black and white]
   adl_021 Gus Adler and Mr. Bechtel, another one of his business partners. [from original black and white]
   adl_022 Gus Adler and his brother, Max. [from original black and white]
   adl_023 Aerial view of the Sky Club. [from photocopy]
   adl_024a Exterior view of the Sky Club sign. [from photocopy]
   adl_024b Raking view of the covered Sky Club dining balcony. [from photocopy]
   adl_024d View of the Sky Club's dining room in a sunroom. [from photocopy]
   adl_024e View of the Sky Club's interior dining room. [from photocopy]
   adl_024g View of the Sky Club, presumably taken after the club had been converted into condominiums. [from photocopy]
   adl_025 Glamour portrait of Peggy and Beale Fletcher, owners of the Fletcher School of Dance, now the Asheville Ballet Company, and some regulars at the Sky Club. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher were Maria Fletcher's parents; Miss Fletch was the Miss America 1962. [from original black and white]
   adl_026a Sky Club menu cover from 1942. [from photocopy]
   adl_026b Far off view of the driveway approaching the Sky Club. [from photocopy]
   adl_029b Raking view of the Sky Club's balcony and sign. [from photocopy]
   adl_031d View of the Sky Club's stairwell. [from photocopy]
   adl_031e View of the Sky Club's driveway and balcony. [from photocopy]
   adl_032a View of downtown from the roof of the Sky Club. [from photocopy]
   adl_032b A worker atop the Sky Club's roof. Taken during renovations to make the club into condominiums. [from photocopy]
   adl_032e Workers on a scaffold renovating the Sky Club's exterior. [from photocopy]
   adl_036 Emma and Gus Adler on their wedding day in 1936. [from photocopy]