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.
Coffee Corral, September 1976
Seattle - Coffee Corall - Long standing coffee shop at N.E. corner of 7th Av. & Stewart Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00097
Date: 1976-09
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 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 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 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 item2nd Ave. S. and S. Washington St., December 1957
Seattle; Wash. corner of 2nd Ave. So. & Washington Str. [Signs for the Casino Card Room and the Double Header Tavern can be seen at the center of the photograph. The Casino was one of the few spots in Seattle that allowed same sex dancing and the Double Header which was considered by some as the first and longest continually operating gay bar on the West Coast.]
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00453
Date: 1957-12
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
View this itemBurlesque theater entrance with advertising at 1st Ave. and Madison St., June 1958
Seattle; Wash. 1st Ave. near Marion [Madison].
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00113
Date: 1958-06
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 itemStairway at One Union Square building, June 1982
Seattle - Grand Stairway at S.E. corner of 6th Av. & University St. - View N.E.
Identifier: spl_wl_swy_00024
Date: 1982-06
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