Werner Lenggenhager Photo Collection
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.
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Qa'hila - Koprinok
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The tenth volume, featuring the Kwakiutl tribe, was published in 1915.
Identifier: spl_nai_10_331
Date: 1914
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Illustrations for lecture, Feb 26 1948 (5 of 7)
Mark Tobey was born in Centerville, WI in 1890. Beginning his career as an illustrator, Mark Tobey was a deeply religious man, converting to the universalist Baha'i faith in 1918, which would in some way influence all of his works. After extensive traveling, including a period of time at a Zen monastery in Japan, Tobey taught art and philosophy at Dartington Hall in England until 1937. He then developed his "white writing" technique, painting white cursive writing on dark canvas, a technique which he (and many other Northwest artists) would use extensively until his death. He was one of the four painters LIFE magazine described as "Northwest Mystics". The others were Guy Anderson, Morris Graves and Kenneth Callahan. He died in 1976 in Basel, Switzerland.
Identifier: spl_art_T552il5
Date: 1948
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View NE from Federal Building, April 20, 1975
Seattle - View N.E. from 32nd floor of Federal Building - Bottom center is Third Av. & Spring St.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00001
Date: 1975-04-20
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View to waterfront on Union St. near 2nd Ave., June 1974
Seattle; View S.W. on Union Str. Building on left erected 1900 also faces 2nd Av. Former Rhodes Department Store beyond - Late afternoon view
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00009
Date: 1974-06
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Harold Frye's Broiler St. advertisement, October 25, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Eastlake Ave. Old Chevrolet near restaurant of name on car adv.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00021
Date: 1959-10-25
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View of I-5 construction from Olive Way, July 1951
Seattle; Wash. View north from Olive Way across freeway construction; Eastlake Av. upper left.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00102
Date: 1961-07
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View east at Denny Way and Warren Ave. N., October 1957
Seattle; Wash. Civic Center; Tidewater Oil Co. Warren & Denny; View east
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00524
Date: 1957-10
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View north from 1st Ave. and Cherry, 1870
Transcribed from front of photograph: "Streets. Front Street [1st Ave.]. 1870. Looking North from Cherry Street. 1. Intelligencer building. 2. L. A. Treen shoe store. 3. S. L. Benjamin book store." Transcribed from back of photo: "F. W. Wald, hardware. Reinig store (agent for Singer sewing machines). Over Reinig's, Puget Sound Business College. Left side: Intelligencer building. Treen & Co. shoe store. S.L. Benjamin book store."
Identifier: spl_shp_5174
Date: 1870
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Paramount Theatre marquee and St. view, November 1981
Seattle - Paramount Theater - Bob Hope - Famous comedian appearing for 5 day performance.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00001
Date: 1981-11
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Ivar's on Broadway with racist sign, March 17, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Ivar's on Broadway; View north from 300 Block Broadway No.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00125
Date: 1959-03-17
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