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 SW on Columbia St. from near 9th Ave., December 31, 1972
Seattle; View S.W. from near 9th Av. - Smith Tower upper left; Columbia Str. in foreground (see cobblestone pavement).
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00381
Date: 1972-12-31
View this itemSummer afternoon in Occidental Park, August 1973
Seattle; Occidental Park on a summer noontime; View N.W.
Identifier: spl_wl_sqr_00048
Date: 1973-08
View this itemCentury 21 construction sign, May 1960
Seattle; Wash. Coliseum under construction at Civic Center
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00003
Date: 1960-05
View this itemI-5 looking south from Madison St., February 1974
Seattle; View S.E. from Madison St. & 6th Av.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00030
Date: 1974-02
View this itemView NE from 3rd Ave S. and S. Main St., April 1977
Seattle - View N.E. from third Av. S. & S. Main Str. - White wall on left belongs to Union Gospel Mission
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00408
Date: 1977-04
View this itemHolly Park administrative building, circa 1953
Seattle; Wash. Holly Park administrative bldg. Holly Park Community Building An outstanding facility is part of this community center which is designed in harmony with the surrounding homes
Identifier: spl_wl_hpr_00015
Date: 1953
View this itemSmoothing I-5 concrete, September 1964
Seattle; Freeway; Wash. One of various machines for concrete highway con.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00120
Date: 1964-09
View this itemSeattle Municipal News, v. 34, no. 30, Jul. 29, 1944
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_34_30
Date: 1944-07-29
View this itemElevated view NE on 4th Ave. from Yesler Way overpass, October 1972
Seattle; View N.E. on 4th Av. from Yesler Way overpass
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00389
Date: 1972-10
View this itemFire origin from 1st Ave. and Spring St., June 6, 1889
Transcribed from photograph: "Fire. June 6, 1889. At place of origin. Front Street looking South from Spring Street. Fire began at southwest corner of Front Street and Madison Street. Center: dome of Frye's Opera house. M. R. Maddock's building is the white building."
Identifier: spl_shp_5097
Date: 1889-06-06
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