AUCTION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF NEW ULM MINNESOTA. THEY ARE USUALLY HELD IN THE SUMMER MONTHS TO SELL HOUSEHOLD POSSESSIONS OF RETIRED PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING TO APARTMENTS, OR WHO HAVE DIED. NEW ULM IS A COUNTY SEAT TRADING CENTER OF 13,000 IN A FARMING AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1854 BY A GERMAN IMMIGRANT LAND COMPANY THAT ENCOURAGED ITS KINSMEN TO EMIGRATE FROM EUROPE. THE BUSINESS DISTRICT WAS REVITALIZED DURING THE 1960'S

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