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] |
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adl_002 |
Robert Mitchum, actor in Thunder Road (1958). [from original color] |
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adl_003 |
Emma Adler with unknown man and actor Keely Smith during the production of Thunder Road (1958). [from original
black and white] |
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adl_004 |
Gus Adler standing in back doorway at the Sky Club. [from original black and white] |
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adl_005 |
Sky Club housekeepers. [from original black and white] |
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adl_006 |
1954 kitchen staff for the Sky Club. [from original color] |
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adl_007 |
Wait staff for the Sky Club. [from original black and white] |
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adl_008 |
Patrons of the Sky Club enjoyed live entertainment. [from original black and white] |
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adl_009 |
Gus' business partner, Arthur Tratch and his wife. [from original black and white] |
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adl_010 |
Jeane McMahan and Fred Godfrey. [from original black and white] |
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adl_011 |
Emma Adler in front of the Sky Club. [from original black and white] |
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adl_012 |
Gus and Emma in front of palm trees. [from original black and white] |
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adl_013 |
Gus Adler on the beach. [from original black and white] |
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adl_014 |
Emma and Gus Adler sunbathing. [from original black and white] |
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adl_015 |
Construction on the Adlers' residence, Beau Castle in the 1930s. [from original black and white] |
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adl_016 |
Exterior view of Beau Castle. [from original color] |
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adl_017 |
Construction on the Adlers' residence, Beau Castle in the 1930s. [from original black and white] |
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adl_018 |
Grace Kelly, actor in The Swan (1956). [from original black and white] |
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adl_019 |
Fess Parker, actor in Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (1956). [from original black and white] |
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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] |
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adl_021 |
Gus Adler and Mr. Bechtel, another one of his business partners. [from original black and white] |
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adl_022 |
Gus Adler and his brother, Max. [from original black and white] |
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adl_023 |
Aerial view of the Sky Club. [from photocopy] |
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adl_024a |
Exterior view of the Sky Club sign. [from photocopy] |
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adl_024b |
Raking view of the covered Sky Club dining balcony. [from photocopy] |
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adl_024d |
View of the Sky Club's dining room in a sunroom. [from photocopy] |
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adl_024e |
View of the Sky Club's interior dining room. [from photocopy] |
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adl_024g |
View of the Sky Club, presumably taken after the club had been converted into condominiums. [from photocopy] |
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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] |
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adl_026a |
Sky Club menu cover from 1942. [from photocopy] |
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adl_026b |
Far off view of the driveway approaching the Sky Club. [from photocopy] |
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adl_029b |
Raking view of the Sky Club's balcony and sign. [from photocopy] |
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adl_031d |
View of the Sky Club's stairwell. [from photocopy] |
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adl_031e |
View of the Sky Club's driveway and balcony. [from photocopy] |
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adl_032a |
View of downtown from the roof of the Sky Club. [from photocopy] |
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adl_032b |
A worker atop the Sky Club's roof. Taken during renovations to make the club into condominiums. [from photocopy] |
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adl_032e |
Workers on a scaffold renovating the Sky Club's exterior. [from photocopy] |
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adl_036 |
Emma and Gus Adler on their wedding day in 1936. [from photocopy] |
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