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.
Das Gasthaus, July 8, 1971
Seattle; "Das Gasthaus" Old Seattle Square; View South from Main Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00038
Date: 1971-07-08
View this itemLetter from Carlson & Borrough, Inc. to Arthur Goodwin with their bid for replacing lights, November 17, 1927
Letter from Carlson & Borrough, Inc. regarding the cost of installation for lights above farmers stalls in Pike Place Market.
Identifier: spl_sh_00042
Date: 1927-11-17
View this itemView NE of 5th Ave. and Pine St., December 1965
Seattle; View N.E. of 5th & Pine
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00316
Date: 1965-12
View this itemGourmet's Notebook, v.6, no.12, Dec. 1978
Includes index for volume 6; Chocolates, pg. 93; Jong Yen Lo, pg. 89; LaFiesta, pg. 95; Pupo's, pg. 90; Sunday Brunch, pg. 91
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1978_06_12
Date: 1978-12
View this itemDemolition of Rivoli Theatre for new Federal Building at 1st Ave. and Madison St., January 9, 1971
Seattle; Start of demolition of site of new Federal Bldg. Photo of Rivoli Theatre on Madison.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00102
Date: 1971-01-09
View this itemConstruction of I-5 viaduct at Lakeview, January 1962
Seattle; Wash. View S.E. on Lakeview freeway viaduct with beam laying machine
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00075
Date: 1962-01
View this item1118 and 1120 1st Ave., April 12, 1976
Seattle - offices on 1st Ave. 1100 block
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00405
Date: 1976-04-12
View this itemUnknown man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ca. 1880
Photograph taken in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Identifier: spl_lj_035
Date: 1880?
View this itemOrpheum Theater wreckage with stage, September 1967
Seattle; Orpheum Theatre being demolished view N.W.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00099
Date: 1967-09
View this itemBergen Place plaque, May 1978
Seattle - Ballard - Plaque at Bergen Square (see also dedication photographs)
Identifier: spl_wl_bal_00018
Date: 1978-05
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