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.
Das 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 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 itemIvar's on Broadway with racist sign, March 17, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Ivar's on Broadway; View north from 300 Block Broadway No.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00125
Date: 1959-03-17
View this itemDemolition of Rivoli Theatre for new Federal Building at 1st Ave. and Madison St., January 9, 1971
Seattle; Start of demolition of site of new Federal Bldg. Photo of Rivoli Theatre on Madison.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00102
Date: 1971-01-09
View this itemConstruction of I-5 viaduct at Lakeview, January 1962
Seattle; Wash. View S.E. on Lakeview freeway viaduct with beam laying machine
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00075
Date: 1962-01
View this item1118 and 1120 1st Ave., April 12, 1976
Seattle - offices on 1st Ave. 1100 block
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00405
Date: 1976-04-12
View this itemOlive Tower, June 1957
Seattle; Wash. Olive Tower Apts. 1600 block Boren
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00048
Date: 1957-06
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 itemBergen Place plaque, May 1978
Seattle - Ballard - Plaque at Bergen Square (see also dedication photographs)
Identifier: spl_wl_bal_00018
Date: 1978-05
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