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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Our Lady of Good Help Church, 1870
Transcribed from photograph: "Churches. Our Lady of Good Help Church (Roman Catholic). Fourth Avenue. South and Park Avenue (Washington Street). Built 1866-1870. Enlarged 1883. 1870. First Catholic church in Seattle. Porch of Baxter house at left."
Identifier: spl_shp_5132
Date: 1870
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Pacific Builder and Engineer, v. 4, no. 23, Jun. 9, 1906
Page 3 article discusses attempts to rebuild following the San Francisco fire.
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1906_04_23
Date: 1906-06-09
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Harold 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
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Close 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
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Roger Forbes Palace, January 1981
Seattle - View of old theatre adjoining Smith Tower on north.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00056
Date: 1981-01
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Blue Mouse Theater from across the St., April 1971
Seattle; View N.W. on 5th Av. between Pike & Union; Blue Mouse Theatre to be demolished.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00090
Date: 1971-04
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.15, no.4, Apr.-May 1987
Combined issue, April and May 1987; Aegean, pg. 30; Arita, pg. 28; Chuckanut Manor, pg. 27; Meany Grill, pg. 29; Oyster Bar, pg. 26; Oyster Creek Inn, pg. 26; Subway, pg. 31; Wanza, pg. 25
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1987_15_04
Date: 1987-04
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Western Ave. north from Marion St. viaduct, April 1955
Seattle; Wash. Western Ave. looking north from Marion viaduct.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00377
Date: 1955-04
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West Seattle Branch Children's Room, Seattle Public Library, ca. 1910
Transcribed from photograph: "West Seattle Branch. Children's Room. 42nd Ave. S. W. and West College St. Built 1910. Interior."
Identifier: spl_shp_15289
Date: 1910
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Elevated view east from 4th Ave. near Yesler Way, 1949
Views. From 4th Ave. 1949 Looking toward the east. Harborview hospital, upper left; old Public Safety Building, Triangular Building, lower right; Yesler Terrace housing development seen below Harborview Hospital; Yesler Way at right, 4th Ave. at bottom of picture.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00424
Date: 1949
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