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 of South Main St. buildings from Occidental Park, June 1974
Seattle; View of North facade of low buildings between Occidental Av. S. Left & 1st Av. S. View S. from Occidental Park.
Identifier: spl_wl_sqr_00044
Date: 1974-06
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 itemColiseum Theater marquee and view of front, March 1976
Seattle - Coliseum Theater; N.E. corner 5th Av. & Pike Clark Gable & Carol Lombard formerly of the silver screen.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00064
Date: 1976-03
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
View this itemGlobe Cellar Restaurant horse-drawn carriage, June 1974
Seattle; Outside Globe Cellar Restaurant at 1st Av. So. & S. Main Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00053
Date: 1974-06
View this itemIce Follies billboard, April 1969
Seattle; Poster of 1969; Peggy Fleming; Gold medal winner at 1968 Olympic games.
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00033
Date: 1969-04
View this itemHibble and Hyde's window with Okanagan Valley String Band sign, February 1977
Seattle - Pioneer Square - Fat Tuesday event.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00101
Date: 1977-02
View this itemBagley Wright Theater, July 1983
Seattle - Bagley Wright Theater - View S.W. Seattle Center.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00053
Date: 1983-07
View this item5th Ave. north from University St., June 1977
View north on 5th Av. from University Str. - First view with White-Henry-Stuart Bldg. demolished
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00318
Date: 1977-06
View this itemMetropolitan Theater front facade, April 1953
Seattle; Wash. Metropolitan Theater.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00122
Date: 1953-04
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