My Civil War Girlfriend

Teenagers … summer day de-tasseling corn new New Ulm, Minnesota, 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Church of Christ, New Ulm, Minnesota, ca. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Tuba player in New Ulm, Minnesota, ca. Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Otto Pfeiffer, a Descendant of One of the First Families Who Settled in New Ulm, Minnesota, … He Was the Youngest Mayor Ever Elected in the Town, ca. Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Participant in a “Kiddies Parade” in New Ulm, Minnesota, ca. Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (exterior), New Ulm, Minnesota, Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity interior, New Ulm, Minnesota, Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Parking meter checker in New Ulm, Minnesota, Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

Gibbon Polka Days at Gibbon Ballroom … Gibbon, Minnesota, is about 20 miles north of New Ulm, Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.

In the New Ulm Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Oct. 1974. Photo by Flip Schulke.