Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY, ONE OF THE MAJOR HISTORICAL HERITAGES OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA, GETTING REA

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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. MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY, ONE OF THE MAJOR HISTORICAL HERITAGES OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA, GETTING READY TO FIRE A SALUTE. THE BATTERY WAS FORMED AS A DEFENSE MEASURE IN 1863 AFTER THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING IN 1862 DESTROYED PART OF THE TOWN. THE ORIGINAL BRASS CANNON WAS SUPPLIED THE FIRST YEAR BY THE CINCINNATI TURNVEREIN WHICH WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE TOWN AND STILL HAS AN ACTIVE TURNER CLUB THERE. MAJOR EQUIPMENT OF THE BATTERY IS TWO CANNONS, A HOWITZER AND TWO AMMUNITION CARRIERS

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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 ...