Call NumberWH2405-2019-241CreatorStisser, Frederick, 1843-Date1889SummaryHand-created souvenir by artist Frederick Stisser, who lived and worked in Leadville, Colorado. Created from local materials in 1889. Decorative borders were made using gold, silver, copper, iron and other mineral deposits from the area. Locations of images within volume include: Evergreen Lake, Mount of the Holy Cross, Minnehaha Falls and Rainbow Falls (Manitou Springs, Colo.), and Twin Lakes. Stisser may have made this for Ira S. Baker for a gift to his wife, Idona Mae "Mamie" Jacobs in August, 1889.Physical Description1 volume (8 numbered leaves) : hand colored ; 13 x 10 in. (33 x 26 cm)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectColorado--19th century--Pictorial worksWild flowers--Colorado--19th century--SpecimensGeographic AreaColoradoCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialAlbums (books)Collages (visual works)Digital Version Created FromOriginal held by Denver Public LibraryOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH2405. Souvenir of the Rocky MountainsPublisher[Frederick Stisser?]Languageeng
Stisser, Frederick, 1843-, Souvenir of the Rocky Mountains (1889). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 20/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1015098
