Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BEER STEINS ARE RAISED BY THE CONCORD SINGERS DURING THEIR PRACTICE OF SINGING GERMAN SONGS IN NEW ULM,

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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. BEER STEINS ARE RAISED BY THE CONCORD SINGERS DURING THEIR PRACTICE OF SINGING GERMAN SONGS IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE TOWN'S HERITAGE ALIVE. TWENTY YEARS AGO MANY OF THE RESIDENTS SPOKE SOME GERMAN, BUT THE TRADITION IS DYING OUT. NEW ULM WAS FOUNDED BY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS IN 1854. THE SINGING GROUP IS MADE UP OF MEN OF VARYING OCCUPATIONS, AND INCLUDES NEWCOMERS WHO WORK IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS AS WELL AS LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN

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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 ...