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 U.S. TODAY. HE HAND CRAFTS HIS INSTRUMEN

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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 U.S. TODAY. HE HAND CRAFTS HIS INSTRUMENT WHICH IS NOTED FOR ITS SPECIAL SOUND AND SELLS FOR $1,100. HE HAS MADE MORE THAN 200 CONCERTINAS SINCE 1955 AND CURRENTLY HAS A BACKLOG OF 118 ORDERS 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 PLAYING FOR DANCES AND WEDDINGS

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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 ...