Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A NEWLY RESTORED AND PAINTED OLDER STOREFRONT ON MINNESOTA STREET IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. THE BUILDING NO

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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. A NEWLY RESTORED AND PAINTED OLDER STOREFRONT ON MINNESOTA STREET IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. THE BUILDING NOW HOUSES A LADIES' DRESS SHOP. THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED BY A COLONY OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS IN 1854. IN THE 1960'S THE BUSINESS DISTRICT HAD VACANT STORES AND NEEDED RENOVATION. LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS FORMED A PLANT TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN. THE EIGHT BLOCK SECTION NOW HAS ALL STORES FILLED, BLENDING CONTEMPORARY DESIGN WITH REFURBISHED OLDER BUILDINGS WHICH REFLECT GERMAN STYLING

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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 ...