Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 70
Wilhelm Heinrich (William Henry) Prestele
Prints, circa 1880-1974, undated


Descriptive summary

creator: Prestele, Wilhelm Heinrich (Willam Henry) (1838-1895)
title: Prints
dates: circa 1880-1974, undated
extent: 1.2 linear feet (1 oversize box)
collection number: MS 70
repository: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Wilhelm Heinrich (William Henry) Prestele Prints, MS 70, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Wilhelm Heinrich (also called William Henry) Prestele was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, to Franz Joseph Martin and Karoline Russ Prestele on 13 October 1838. His father was an accomplished painter and lithographer who had worked as head gardener to King Ludwig I of Bavaria prior to studying art at the University of Vienna.

In 1843 the family immigrated to the United States with the Community of True Inspiration (later the Amana Society) settling first in Ebenezer, New York, and in 1858 they moved with the Society to the Amana Colonies in Iowa.

W. H. Prestele served as a private in the 26th New York Infantry during the Civil War. He followed his father's trade as a lithographer, and worked in New York prior to taking a position as an illustrator (1867-1871) for the Bloomington (Illinois) Nursery owned by Franklin Kelsey Phoenix. He later went into business with L. B. Littlefield in Bloomington as publishers of fruit and flower prints (1871-1875). In 1875 he set up his own business as a lithographer in Iowa City, Iowa (1875-1887). He was later hired as the first artist on the staff of the Pomological Division of the United States Department of Agriculture (1887-1895).

W. H. Prestele died 16 August 1895 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

 

Collection description

The collection (circa 1880-1974) contains lithographs of apples and other fruits by W. H. Prestele, as well as information about the Prestele family. Of particular interest are the lithographs of apples that Prestele made for the Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University); these prints depict specimens collected by Professor of Horticulture J. L. Budd.

 

Related materials

Related materials in the Special Collections and Unviersity Archvies, Iwoa State Univefrsity Library, include:

  • J. L. Budd Papers, RS 9/16/13
  • Department of Horticulture records are classified under RS 9/16

 

Organization

The collection is arranged with original prints of apples first (alphabetically), followed by prints of other fruits, an apple print reproduced on a magazine cover, and information about the Prestele family.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Apple, no. 304

1880 circa

1

2

Apple, no. 962

1880 circa

1

3

Apple, no. 963

1880 circa

1

4

Alexander (Russian) Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

5

Alexander Apple (Russian)

1880 circa

1

6

Arabka (Russian) Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

7

Borovinka (Russian) Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

8

Bushbon Apple

1880 circa

1

9

Cinnamon (Russian) Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

10

Domine Apple

1880 circa

1

11

Duchess Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

12

Duchess of Oldenburg (Russian) Apple

1880 circa

1

13

Early Strawberry Apple

1880 circa

1

14

Fall Wine Apple

undated

1

15

Florence Apple

1880 circa

1

16

Gano Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

17

Gibb Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricl. College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl."

1890 circa

1

18

Gideon's Seedling No. 7 (Apple)

1880 circa

1

19

Gideon's Seedling No. 8 (Apple)

1880 circa

1

20

Gideon's Seedling No. 19 (Apple)

1880 circa

1

21

Good Peasant (Russian) Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

22

Grimes' Golden Pippin Apple

undated

1

23

Helen Apple

1880 circa

1

24

Hibernal (Russian) Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

25

Isham Sweet Apple

1880 circa

1

26

Lawver Apple

1880 circa

1

27

Longfield (Russian) Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

28

Magog Red Streak Apple

1880 circa

1

29

Marble (Russian) Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

30

Marietta Apple

1880 circa

1

31

Mary Apple

1880 circa

1

32

Minnesota Apple

1880 circa

1

33

Montreal Peach Apple

1880 circa

1

34

Noble Red Streak Apple

1880 circa

1

35

October Apple

1880 circa

1

36

Perry Russet Apple

undated

1

37

Pewaukee Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

38

Pewaukee Apple

1880 circa

1

39

Plumb's Cider Apple

1880 circa

1

40

Red June Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

41

Repka Malenka (Russian) Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

42

Rome Beauty Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

43

Rome Beauty Apple

undated

1

44

Russian Gravenstein Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

45

Sweet June Apple & the Red June Apple

undated

1

46

Twenty Ounce Apple

undated

1

47

Wealthy Apple. "Drawn from Nature and colored expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

48

Weyauwega Apple. "Originated in Weyauwega, Wauraga Co., Wis. Grown and for sale by W. A. Springer, Fremont, Wis., Nurseryman."

1880 circa

1

49

Winesap Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

50

Wolf River Apple

1880 circa

1

51

Yellow Bellflower Apple

undated

1

52

Yellow Transparent (Russian) Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

53

Zolotoreff (Russian) Apple. "Drawn and colored from Nature expressly for the Iowa State Agricultural College, by Wm. H. Prestele, Washington, D.C. Collected by J. L. Budd, Prof. of Hortl. I.S.A.C."

1890 circa

1

54

Wragg Cherry

1880 circa

1

55

Clinton Grape

undated

1

56

Lawrence Pear

undated

1

57

Duchesse D'Angouleme Pear

undated

1

58

Le Conte Pear

1880 circa

1

59

Early Strawberry Apple. Cover of The P.E.O. Sisterhood (October 1967). Reproduction of print by member of Prestele family; includes information about Prestele family

1967

1

60

Information on Prestele family (copy of Des Moines Register article)

1974