Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBER OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY, A HERITAGE OF THE GERMAN COMMUNITY OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. THE BATTERY WAS

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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. MEMBER OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY, A HERITAGE OF THE GERMAN COMMUNITY OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. THE BATTERY WAS FORMED AS A SELF DEFENSE MEASURE AFTER THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING IN 1862. INDIANS NEVER ATTACKED AGAIN, AND THE UNIT NOW SERVES ONLY A CEREMONIAL FUNCTION WITH CANNON SALUTES ON HOLIDAYS. UNIFORMS WERE COPIED FROM THAT OF A CIVIL WAR OFFICER IN NEW ULM, 2ND LT. RICHARD FISCHER, WHO RETURNED HOME IN TIME FOR THE INDIAN ATTACK. HE BECAME THE BATTERY'S FIRST COMMANDER WHEN IT WAS FORMED

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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 ...