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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Construction 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
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View east at Denny Way and Warren Ave. N., October 1957
Seattle; Wash. Civic Center; Tidewater Oil Co. Warren & Denny; View east
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00524
Date: 1957-10
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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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Bergen 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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New 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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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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Klamath Warrior's Headdress
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 thirteenth volume, featuring the Hupa, Yuork, Karok, Wiyot, Tolowa, Tututni, Shasta, Achomawi and Klamath tribes, was published in 1924.
Identifier: spl_nai_13_449
Date: 1923
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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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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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