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.
I-5 from Madison St. overpass, April 22, 1967
Seattle; Freeway; View S.E. from Madison
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00016
Date: 1967-04-22
View this itemBrasserie Pittsbourg entrance, March 3, 1970
Seattle Pioneer Place; Formerly Pittsburg Lunch in Pioneer Bldg. Has been upgraded into a popular and smart cafe.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00035
Date: 1970-03-03
View this itemMoore Hotel and Moore Theatre, April 1977
Seattle - View S.E. to Moore Hotel & Theatre - 1932 - second Av. - Built 1908 - Historic site (book pg. 43)
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00003
Date: 1977-04
View this itemMoore Hotel, Moore Theatre, and Josephinum, March 1975
Seattle - View S.E. to Moore Theater & Hotel & Josephinum.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00016
Date: 1975-03
View this itemRainier Club on 4th Ave., January 1984
Seattle - Left: Bank of California - Center: Rainier Clubhouse - Right: Columbia Center.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00267
Date: 1984-01
View this itemLetter from Arthur Goodwin to William Crowley regarding the Tacoma Public Market, February 19, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to William Crowley thanking him for his interest in his newly constructed Tacoma Public Market. Goodwin invites Crowley to the opening of the market and expresses his hopes that his own book on public markets will soon be published.
Identifier: spl_sh_00046
Date: 1927-02-19
View this itemFamily fallout shelter billboard, December 1959
Seattle; Wash. current civil defense poster
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00064
Date: 1959-12
View this itemRoy DeGrief municipal traffic judge reelection billboard, 1958
Seattle; Wash. General election; Nov. 1958.
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00051
Date: 1958
View this itemSeattle First National Bank billboard, February 22, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Bank poster
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00006
Date: 1959-02-22
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
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