Northwest Profiles
January 2010
Season 23 Episode 3 | 28m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
A Montana ghost town, Model A mentor, blind machinist, Spokane's first dial tone.
Visits the gold-rush ghost town of Bannack, Montana; meet garage guru Willie Harms and his Model A collection; join blind machinist Bernie Vinther on the job; recalling when Spokane got "wired" the first time in a book about a telephone pioneer.
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Northwest Profiles is a local public television program presented by KSPS PBS
Funding for Northwest Profiles is provided by Idaho Central Credit Union, with additional funding from the Friends of KSPS.
Northwest Profiles
January 2010
Season 23 Episode 3 | 28m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Visits the gold-rush ghost town of Bannack, Montana; meet garage guru Willie Harms and his Model A collection; join blind machinist Bernie Vinther on the job; recalling when Spokane got "wired" the first time in a book about a telephone pioneer.
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