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My Father's Idaho

The efforts of Rifka Helton to preserve her father's photographs of Idaho in song.

Aired 06/10/2015 | Rating TV-G

Idaho Public Television Specials

My Father's Idaho

Special | 9m 45sVideo has Closed Captions

The efforts of Rifka Helton to preserve her father's photographs of Idaho in song.

This video depicts the efforts of Idahoan Rifka Helton to preserve the thousands of photos that her father, "Red" Helton, took of the state in the 1950s and 60s when he was a professor at the University of Idaho. Rifka, a singer, set the photos to original songs and performs them in a piece she calls "My Father's Idaho." Some of the photos also hang in the Glenns Ferry Historical Museum.

Aired 06/10/2015 | Rating TV-G

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Idaho Public Television Specials is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Idaho Public Television Specials

My Father's Idaho

Special | 9m 45sVideo has Closed Captions

This video depicts the efforts of Idahoan Rifka Helton to preserve the thousands of photos that her father, "Red" Helton, took of the state in the 1950s and 60s when he was a professor at the University of Idaho. Rifka, a singer, set the photos to original songs and performs them in a piece she calls "My Father's Idaho." Some of the photos also hang in the Glenns Ferry Historical Museum.

Aired 06/10/2015 | Rating TV-G

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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