Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHRISTY HENGEL, IS ONE OF A FEW MANUFACTURERS OF CONCERTINAS IN THE U.S. TODAY. HE HAND CRAFTS HIS INSTR

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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. CHRISTY HENGEL, IS ONE OF A FEW MANUFACTURERS OF CONCERTINAS IN THE U.S. TODAY. HE HAND CRAFTS HIS INSTRUMENTS USING PARTS FROM A FACTORY WHICH WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. SINCE 1955 HE HAS MADE MORE THAN 200 CONCERTINAS AND CURRENTLY HAS A BACKLOG OF 118 ORDERED ALTHOUGH THEY COST $1,100. THE CONCERTINA IS THE PRIME MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR OLD TIME POLKAS AND WALTZES. AT ONE TIME IN THE 1950'S MORE THAN 15 OF THESE OLD TIME BANDS WERE WORKING OUT OF NEW ULM

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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 ...