Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAPPY WOMAN WHO IS ATTENDING GIBBON POLKA DAYS AT GIBBON BALLROOM IN GIBBON, MINNESOTA, 20 MILES NORTH O

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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. HAPPY WOMAN WHO IS ATTENDING GIBBON POLKA DAYS AT GIBBON BALLROOM IN GIBBON, MINNESOTA, 20 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM. THE SITE WAS HEADQUARTERS FOR FOUR DAYS OF DANCING TO BOTH GERMAN AND POLISH POLKAS, AND ATTRACTED FOLKS FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. POLKA DANCING IS AN OLD NEW ULM TRADITION WHICH HAS REGAINED POPULARITY AFTER A DECLINE IN THE 1950'S AND 60'S. MORE THAN 26 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 ...