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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I-5 from Yesler Way overpass, January 31, 1967
Seattle; View north on freeway from Yesler Way overpass on dedication day
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00033
Date: 1967-01-31
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1118 and 1120 1st Ave., April 12, 1976
Seattle - offices on 1st Ave. 1100 block
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00405
Date: 1976-04-12
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SR 520 bridges at Union Bay, September 25, 1963
Seattle; Union Bay; View east Evergreen Point Floating Bridge approaches & ramps
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00039
Date: 1963-09-25
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Condominium 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
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Olive Tower, June 1957
Seattle; Wash. Olive Tower Apts. 1600 block Boren
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00048
Date: 1957-06
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I-5 Viaduct construction, June 1961
Seattle; Wash. Freeway viaduct construction; View north to Newton Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00066
Date: 1961-06
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Mack's Underground Restaurant, September 1974
Seattle; Metropole building ; S.W. corner of 2nd Av. S. & Yesler Way; - Shown is detailed 2nd Av. entrance.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00173
Date: 1974-09
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Entrance to the Joshua Green Building, 1986
Seattle - Left: Entrance on left to the Joshua Green Bldg. near 4th Av. & Pike St. View west.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00276
Date: 1986
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Boarded up burlesque theater [Rivoli?] entrance, September 1970
Seattle; Former entrance (boarded up) of burlesque theatre; Location of new Fed. Bldg.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00116
Date: 1970-09
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2nd Ave. S. and S. Washington St., December 1957
Seattle; Wash. corner of 2nd Ave. So. & Washington Str. [Signs for the Casino Card Room and the Double Header Tavern can be seen at the center of the photograph. The Casino was one of the few spots in Seattle that allowed same sex dancing and the Double Header which was considered by some as the first and longest continually operating gay bar on the West Coast.]
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00453
Date: 1957-12
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