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 NE from Federal Building, April 20, 1975
Seattle - View N.E. from 32nd floor of Federal Building - Bottom center is Third Av. & Spring St.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00001
Date: 1975-04-20
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 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 itemRuins at 2nd Ave. and Columbia St. following the Great Fire, June 1889
Fire. Ruins. Front Street. Looking West from Second Avenue and Columbia Street from the Boston Block.
Identifier: spl_shp_5049
Date: 1889
View this itemTriton Terrace apartments, February 20, 1965
Seattle; Wash. View S.E. of Triton Terrace; W. Mercer Place.
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00090
Date: 1965-02-20
View this itemView of I-5 construction from Olive Way, July 1951
Seattle; Wash. View north from Olive Way across freeway construction; Eastlake Av. upper left.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00102
Date: 1961-07
View this itemParamount Theatre ornate cornice and facade, January 1958
Seattle; Wash. Paramount Theater west facade decoration.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00049
Date: 1958-01
View this itemI-5 from Yesler Way overpass, January 31, 1967
Seattle; View north on freeway from Yesler Way overpass on dedication day
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00033
Date: 1967-01-31
View this itemNew Paris Theater, burlesque, March 1972
Seattle; Second Ave. burlesque theatre is next to Smith Tower Bldg.; View S.E.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00068
Date: 1972-03
View this itemI-5 at night from Pine St. overpass
Seattle; Freeway I-5; View S.W. left is northbound traffic
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00027
Date: 1972-12-15
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