Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL VIEW OF THE TOWN OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA, FOUNDED BY A LAND SOCIETY, COMPOSED OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS.

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL VIEW OF THE TOWN OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA, FOUNDED BY A LAND SOCIETY, COMPOSED OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. THE SITE, ON THE MINNESOTA AND COTTONWOOD RIVERS, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1854. IN 1857 THE TOWN WAS OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED. A FLOUR MILL WAS ONCE THE TOWN'S MAJOR INDUSTRY. NEW ULM HAD A POPULATION OF 13,000 IN 1974. IT REMAINS A FARMING AREA WITH SOME MANUFACTURING FIRMS. IN ADDITION TO PEOPLE OF GERMAN DESCENT, THERE ARE ETHNIC POPULATIONS OF NORWEGIAN SWEDES AND WELSH IN THE AREA

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Schulke, Flip, 1930-2008

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Flip Schulke (b. Graeme Phelps Schulke, June 24, 1930, Cornish, N.H.-d. May 15, 2008, West Palm Beach, Fla.), was one of America’s premier photojournalists for more than 40 years. A native of New Ulm, Minnesota and a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Schulke moved to Miami in the 1950s, where he developed specialties in underwater photography, auto racing, the space program and the history of the Berlin Wall. Through his close friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Schulke became ...