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.
Space Needle construction with Howard S. Wright sign, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68830031
Date: 1961-07
View this itemDas Gasthaus, July 8, 1971
Seattle; "Das Gasthaus" Old Seattle Square; View South from Main Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00038
Date: 1971-07-08
View this itemWorkers securing Space Needle ring girder, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70080024
Date: 1961-11-11
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 itemView NE of 5th Ave. and Pine St., December 1965
Seattle; View N.E. of 5th & Pine
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00316
Date: 1965-12
View this itemClose up of Exotica Studios strip club sign, November 1979
Seattle - Sign was the last one before permanent closure; 700 block Pike St. north.
Identifier: spl_wl_sex_00013
Date: 1979-11
View this itemOrpheum Theater wreckage with stage, September 1967
Seattle; Orpheum Theatre being demolished view N.W.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00099
Date: 1967-09
View this itemI-5 construction on Olive Way, November 1961
Seattle; Wash. freeway looking north from Olive Way.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00072
Date: 1961-11
View this itemHarold 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
View this itemNew England Coffee Shop painted door, August 1954
Seattle; Wash. New England Coffee Shop; Olive Way opposite Times Square Bldg.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00144
Date: 1954-08
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