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.
Seattle Municipal News, v. 33, no. 23, Jun. 5, 1943
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_33_23
Date: 1943-06-05
View this itemVine Court Apartments, April 1973
Seattle' "The Old Vinecourt" Vine Str. & Third Av.; view S.E. Old Apt. House rebuilt into modern live in office apts.
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00099
Date: 1973-04
View this itemSeattle Municipal News, v. 31, no. 21, May. 24, 1941
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_31_21
Date: 1941-05-24
View this itemCondominium construction, 1980
Seattle - View east from Western & Blanchard to 1st Av. - site of 38 story luxury condominium - Baugh Construction Co.
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00010
Date: 1980
View this itemCrane lifting section of Space Needle ringer girder, ca. October 29, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69760024
Date: 1961-10-29
View this itemVictor Steinbrueck's corrections to Pike Place Market Ordinance, April 11, 1983
Pike Place Market Ordinance annotated with Victor Steinbrueck's suggested corrections.
Identifier: spl_ps_038
Date: 1983-04-11
View this itemCarlos Rios - Papago Chief
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 second volume, featuring the Pima, Papago, Qahtika, Mohave, Yuma, Maricopa, Walapai, Havasupai, and Yavapai tribes, was published in 1908.
Identifier: spl_nai_02_050
Date: 1907
View this itemProfile of freeway on First Hill, April 25, 1966
Seattle; First Hill freeway section; View N.E. James Str. to right
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00018
Date: 1966-04-25
View this item"Enjoy Living in Washington" billboard, February 7, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Poster
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00039
Date: 1959-02-07
View this itemRocks at unidentified coastal beach, ca. August 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68840034
Date: 1961-08
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