Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POLKA DANCING AT THE GIBBON BALLROOM AT GIBBON, MINNESOTA 20 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM. IT WAS HEADQUARTERS

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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. POLKA DANCING AT THE GIBBON BALLROOM AT GIBBON, MINNESOTA 20 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM. IT WAS HEADQUARTERS FOR GIBBON POLKA DAYS, FOUR DAYS OF DANCING TO BOTH GERMAN AND POLISH POLKAS. THE EVENT ATTRACTED DANCERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE UPPER MIDWESTERN STATES. POLKA DANCING IS AN OLD NEW ULM TRADITION WHICH HAS REGAINED POPULARITY WITH YOUNG AND OLD AFTER A DECLINE IN THE 1950'S AND 60'S. MORE THAN 20 PROFESSIONAL POLKA-WALTZ BANDS HAVE FORMED AND WORKED OUT OF NEW ULM SINCE THE 1930'S

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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 ...