Illustrations by melinda Smith monk/shutterstock.AI; photograph courtesy of Ira Berendt; courtesy of (Harry Berendt) Ira Berendt & (Ferry Passengers) The Charleston Museum; courtesy of (Porgy and Bess with George, Near Folly Island by Henry Botkin, watercolor & ink on paper, 1934) Gibbes Museum of Art & (Gershwin) the family of George Gershwin; courtesy of (men at piano) South Carolina Historical Society; courtesy of (watercolor) Marc Gershwin & (Gerswhin) wikimedia commons; & courtesy of (beach) the Charleston Museum
