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.
Roger Forbes Palace, January 1981
Seattle - View of old theatre adjoining Smith Tower on north.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00056
Date: 1981-01
View this itemBrygger Home in Ballard, ca. 1890
Transcribed from photograph: "Brygger's Original House. Ballard. Originally located at 32nd Market Street (Lockspot location). Trees cut and towed to mill to be made into lumber, and towed back to build the house about 1882-4. Completed in 1886."
Identifier: spl_shp_40030
Date: 1890?
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 itemKell (possibly Karen Kelly), of Venus on the Halfshell Boutique on Broadway, circa 1968
Kell
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Date: 1968
View this itemWestern Ave. north from Marion St. viaduct, April 1955
Seattle; Wash. Western Ave. looking north from Marion viaduct.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00377
Date: 1955-04
View this itemColiseum Theater sculpted decoration detail, February 1958
Seattle; Wash. Coliseum Theater; sculptured detail.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00063
Date: 1958-02
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
View this itemSR 520 from overpass near MOHAI, October 13, 1963
Seattle; Wash. View east from overpass at Museum of History and Industry; Laurelhurst upper left
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00044
Date: 1963-10-13
View this itemCalla lily [?] planted in a toilet, April 1977
Seattle - Tillicum Place - Impromptu planning in newly reconstructed place minus flowers
Identifier: spl_wl_mnc_00040
Date: 1977-04
View this itemBlue Mouse Theater from across the St., April 1971
Seattle; View N.W. on 5th Av. between Pike & Union; Blue Mouse Theatre to be demolished.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00090
Date: 1971-04
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