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.
Skyline Theater, September 1958
Seattle; Wash. Skyline Theatre; View Place of (Washington Bldg.) under construction S.W. corner of 4th Ave. & Union.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00119
Date: 1958-09
View this itemBoarded up burlesque theater [Rivoli?] entrance, September 1970
Seattle; Former entrance (boarded up) of burlesque theatre; Location of new Fed. Bldg.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00116
Date: 1970-09
View this itemColiseum Theater sculpted decoration detail, February 1958
Seattle; Wash. Coliseum Theater; sculptured detail.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00063
Date: 1958-02
View this itemCirque Theater Cafe, December 1975
Seattle - Cirque Theatre Cafe - 131 Taylor Av. - Looking north - Building was formerly a bowling alley.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00024
Date: 1975-12
View this itemI-5 construction from Olive Way overpass, September 1963
Seattle; Wash. freeway N.E. from Olive Way overpass; Denny Way overpass in background
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00092
Date: 1963-09
View this itemStandard Oil billboard, December 1959
Seattle; Wash. Christmas 1959 poster.
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00065
Date: 1959-12
View this itemThe Townhouse, March 1958
Seattle; Wash. The Townhouse on 1400 Hubbell Place; View N.E. to Pike Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00087
Date: 1958-03
View this itemI-5 Lakeview viaduct under construction, April 1961
Seattle; View east of Lakeview viaduct under construction; House is facing Franklin Av.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00089
Date: 1961-04
View this itemEntrance to the Joshua Green Building, 1986
Seattle - Left: Entrance on left to the Joshua Green Bldg. near 4th Av. & Pike St. View west.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00276
Date: 1986
View this itemButterfly Bob's Salad Bar, March 1978
Seattle - Bob's Salad Bar - 214 Spring Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00111
Date: 1978-03
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