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.
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
View this itemBlue 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
View this itemOlive Tower, June 1957
Seattle; Wash. Olive Tower Apts. 1600 block Boren
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00048
Date: 1957-06
View this itemGarden Theatre from 3rd Ave. and Pine St., February 1977
Seattle - View S.S. on Third from Pine bus stop.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00028
Date: 1977-02
View this itemI-5 Viaduct construction, June 1961
Seattle; Wash. Freeway viaduct construction; View north to Newton Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00066
Date: 1961-06
View this itemWestern 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
View this itemI-5 from Madison St. overpass, November 1978
Seattle - Freeway looking North from Madison
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00007
Date: 1978-11
View this itemElevated 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
View this itemJack H. Rohrer Junk Antique Salvage, April 1978
Seattle - Junk shop with a touch of elegance N.W. Leary Way near Ballard Bridge
Identifier: spl_wl_bal_00006
Date: 1978-04
View this itemView to waterfront on Union St. near 2nd Ave., June 1974
Seattle; View S.W. on Union Str. Building on left erected 1900 also faces 2nd Av. Former Rhodes Department Store beyond - Late afternoon view
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00009
Date: 1974-06
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