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 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
View this itemSR 520 from overpass near MOHAI, October 13, 1963
Seattle; Wash. View east from overpass at Museum of History and Industry; Laurelhurst upper left
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00044
Date: 1963-10-13
View this itemParamount Theatre marquee and St. view, November 1981
Seattle - Paramount Theater - Bob Hope - Famous comedian appearing for 5 day performance.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00001
Date: 1981-11
View this itemView of I-5 and Seattle Center from Melrose Ave., April 1971
Seattle; View N.W. from Melrose Av.; Stewart St. in center; Indian center in old church bldg.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00110
Date: 1971-04
View this itemBrock Adams for prosecuting attorney billboard, 1958
Seattle; Wash. Nov. general election poster.
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00049
Date: 1958
View this itemCentral Loan & Sporting Goods and 49er's Tavern on 1st Ave., January 1975
Seattle; 1000 block - 1st Av. Eastside.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00149
Date: 1975-01
View this itemBill of Fare lunch cart in Occidental Square, August 1973
Seattle; Occidental Park; Lunch cart with Grand Central on the Park Bldg. as background
Identifier: spl_wl_sqr_00047
Date: 1973-08
View this itemCalla lily [?] planted in a toilet, April 1977
Seattle - Tillicum Place - Impromptu planning in newly reconstructed place minus flowers
Identifier: spl_wl_mnc_00040
Date: 1977-04
View this itemDemolition of apartment building on Pike for I-5, January 28, 1962
Seattle; Wash. View S.W. at Eastlake & Howell St. from Mercer St.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00249
Date: 1962-01-28
View this itemFord billboard, February 7, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Commercial poster
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00042
Date: 1959-02-22
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