Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle streetscapes and architecture are captured in the images shot by Werner Lenggenhager, a hobby photographer who gave nearly 30,000 prints to the library, many of which are digitized here.
Bill Barkes gesturing, wearing Jakk Corsaw's cat, Jakk Corsaw's Art Gallery, Pike Place Market, circa 1967
Bill Barkes, wearing Corsaw's cat, gestures in Jakk's Gallery Salon
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Date: 1967
View this itemPike Place Market News, April 1984
Includes an article discussing the role of the Historical Commission in allowing larger businesses into Pike Place Market and raises concerns over what this will mean for the small business owners already struggling to survive. The issue also has a map of Pike Place Market listing current retailers.
Identifier: spl_ps_049
View this itemView north from Pine St., 1885
Transcribed from photograph: "Views. From Pine St. Vicinity. About 1885. Looking North to Lake Union."
Identifier: spl_shp_5181
Date: 1885
View this itemBeth Barkes in Jack Large studio, Pike Place Market, July 1967
Beth Barkes in Jack Large studio
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Date: 1967-07
View this itemSmoothing I-5 concrete, September 1964
Seattle; Freeway; Wash. One of various machines for concrete highway con.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00120
Date: 1964-09
View this item1st Ave. north of Pike St., February 1985
Seattle - View east on 1st Av. & N. of Pike Str. (note: architecture of bygone days)
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00539
Date: 1985-02
View this itemMidriff of one-armed cowboy by Peace Wolf, Pike Place Market courtyard, September 1967
Midriff of one-armed cowboy by Peace Wolf
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Date: 1967-09
View this itemI-5 looking south from Madison St., February 1974
Seattle; View S.E. from Madison St. & 6th Av.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00030
Date: 1974-02
View this itemNew Paris Theater, burlesque, March 1972
Seattle; Second Ave. burlesque theatre is next to Smith Tower Bldg.; View S.E.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00068
Date: 1972-03
View this itemElevated view of 3rd Ave with Northern Life Tower, January 1974
No caption provided.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00468
Date: 1974-01
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