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.
Holly 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 itemColiseum Theater classical facade decorations, October 1981
Seattle - Coliseum Theatre detail on Pike St.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00065
Date: 1981-10
View this itemBallard Ave. landmark district plaque, May 1978
Seattle - Plaque temporarily [?] located in Ballard Av. development office
Identifier: spl_wl_bal_00019
Date: 1978-05
View this itemElevated view NE from Smith Tower, December 18, 1973
Seattle; View east from Smith Tower; In center is James Cathedral & Cabrini tower behind.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00391
Date: 1973-12-18
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 itemCanton Garden alley sign, December 25, 1978
Seattle - Rearview of 617 1/2 - 6th Av. Brick Building * Red brick pavement alley.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00109
Date: 1978-12-25
View this itemWestside of 1400 block of 1st Ave., May 1976
Seattle - 1400 block - 1st Av. west side near Market entrance - View N.W.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00169
Date: 1976-05
View this itemMoscow Restaurant, December 9, 1953
Seattle; Wash. Moscow Restaurant; Lakeview Blvd. Long a landmark in Seattle this Russian restaurant makes a picturesque scene. Photograph 1953.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00128
Date: 1953-12-09
View this itemWalpi Architecture
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The twelfth volume, featuring the Hopi tribe, was published in 1922.
Identifier: spl_nai_12_421
Date: 1921
View this itemShowboat Theatre, 1953
Seattle; Wash. Showboat Theatre of the University of Wash. from Portage Bay.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00111
Date: 1953
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