George Gershwin relaxing at home in 1936. Photo courtesy jackgibbons.com
1930 Sheet music for "I Got Rhythm." Image courtesy Sam DeVincent Collection Illustrated American Sheet Music, Smithsonian Institution.
George & Ira Gershwin on their way to Hollywood, 1936. Photo courtesy Culver Service
Ethel Merman and the Crazy Girl Chorus, 1930. Photo courtesy pbs.org
1935 Musical America Magazine; George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. Photo from Gershwin in His Time, Copyright 1998, Gregory R. Suriano
1937 sheet music for "A Foggy Day" from A Damsel in Distress, Gershwin's last complete musical score. Image courtesy Sam DeVincent Collection Illustrated American Sheet Music, Smithsonian Institution.
Scene from 1935 stage production of Porgy & Bess. Photo from Gershwin in His Time, Copyright 1998 Gregory R. Suriano
Last known photograph of George Gershwin at RKO conference, 1937. Photo from Gershwin in His Time, Copyright 1998 Gregory R. Surian
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