Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TEENAGE WORKERS ARE BARELY VISIBLE AS THEY DETASSEL CORN DURING THE SUMMER IN FIELDS NEAR NEW ULM, MINNE

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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. TEENAGE WORKERS ARE BARELY VISIBLE AS THEY DETASSEL CORN DURING THE SUMMER IN FIELDS NEAR NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. THE HYBRID CORN SEED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS OBTAINED IN THIS MANNER. IT IS ONE WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE MONEY FROM THE SEED CORN COMPANIES THE YOUTHS EARN THEIR PAY. IT CAN BE COLD, WET WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN THE TALL CORN PLANTS ARE COVERED WITH HEAVY DEW THEN IT CAN GET HOT AND MUGGY AS THE SUN CLIMBS OVERHEAD

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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 ...