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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Walvia ("Medicine Root") - Taos
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 sixteenth volume, featuring the Tiwa and Keres tribes, was published in 1926.
Identifier: spl_nai_16_547
Date: 1905
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Marine Digest, v.1, no.49, Aug. 4, 1923
Cover photo caption: Barkentine Skagit, photo by H. H. Morrison
Identifier: spl_md_840284_1923_01_49
Date: 1923-08-04
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Elevated view NE from Smith Tower, December 18, 1973
Seattle; View east from Smith Tower; In center is James Cathedral & Cabrini tower behind.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00391
Date: 1973-12-18
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I-5 at night from Pine St. overpass
Seattle; Freeway I-5; View S.W. left is northbound traffic
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00027
Date: 1972-12-15
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Minor apartments, 1961
Seattle; Wash. 1221 Minor Apts. view S.W. opened 1960
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00069
Date: 1961
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Ivar's Northlake Way Restaurant, April 19, 1971
Seattle; Ivar's Northlake Way Restaurant - Front (main) entrance - View south
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00122
Date: 1971-04-19
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View north to 5th Ave. with Music Box Theater, July 1982
Seattle; View N.W. intersection Union [i.e. Pike ?] & 5th Ave.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00303
Date: 1982-07
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1st Ave. north of Pike St., February 1985
Seattle - View east on 1st Av. & N. of Pike Str. (note: architecture of bygone days)
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00539
Date: 1985-02
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Moscow Restaurant, February 1952
Seattle; Wash. Russian Restaurant; Lakeview Blvd.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00155
Date: 1952-02
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Summer afternoon in Occidental Park, August 1973
Seattle; Occidental Park on a summer noontime; View N.W.
Identifier: spl_wl_sqr_00048
Date: 1973-08
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