Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSEUP OF A DECORATION SHOWING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS DRUNK TOO MUCH BEER. IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA, THE TR

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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. CLOSEUP OF A DECORATION SHOWING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS DRUNK TOO MUCH BEER. IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA, THE TRADITION OF DRINKING BEER AND SINGING GERMAN SONGS HAS BEEN CARRIED ON BY CONCORD SINGERS WHO ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE TOWN'S HERITAGE NEW ULM WAS FOUNDED IN 1854 BY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. UNTIL 20 YEARS AGO, MANY OF THE TOWN'S RESIDENTS SPOKE SOME GERMAN, BUT THIS TRADITION IS DYING OUT. THE MEN MEET REGULARLY TO SING TRADITIONAL GERMAN DRINKING SONGS

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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 ...