Black and white image of the Lake family in Ontario, Canada. Standing in the back, from left to right: Clifford Lake, Claude Lake. Seated, from left to right: Olive Lake, Mary Ellen Lake (mother), Alice Lake, and Robert Elonzo Lake (father). Ernest Lake and Thomas Lake are sitting in front.
The upstream view of Black Canyon. Typed description on back of image: "Looking upstream at the Black rock site of the Boulder Canyon Dam project. The River is about a 280 feet wide at this point and a 550 foot dam would be about 1200 feet wide at the top."
Transcribed from the photograph: "Northern Paiute - 7. Maggie Jones holds Louise James, who is securely wrapped in a Northern Paiute cradleboard. The Paiute pronounce the cradleboard, 'hoop.' Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
Series II provides a history of the Ronzone family, mostly through newspaper clippings and photographs. Thirteen black and white photographs depict scenes in turn-of-the-20th- century mining towns in Alaska, possibly including Nome and Sitka. Bertha and her husband A. B. "Ben" Ronzone were originally in Alaska during the gold rush between 1900 and 1904 before they came to Nevada; these pictures were taken just after that time. Six other photographs in this series feature Ann, Dick, and Bertha Ronzone in social and other contexts. There are also newspaper clippings about Bertha Ronzone and the rest of
the family, telling the story of their pioneer years in central Nevada and their migration to and success in Las Vegas. Finally, there are various obituaries for Dick Ronzone, a list of possible Ronzone relatives, and some personal programs and ephemera from funeral and other personal events.
Archival Collection
Ronzone Family Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00509 Collection Name: Ronzone Family Papers Box/Folder: N/A