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.
Roger Forbes Palace, January 1981
Seattle - View of old theatre adjoining Smith Tower on north.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00056
Date: 1981-01
View this itemBrock Adams for prosecuting attorney billboard, 1958
Seattle; Wash. Nov. general election poster.
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00049
Date: 1958
View this itemWorkers hammer drift pins into place on Space Needle leg, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68820032
Date: 1961-07
View this itemElevated view east from 4th Ave. near Yesler Way, 1949
Views. From 4th Ave. 1949 Looking toward the east. Harborview hospital, upper left; old Public Safety Building, Triangular Building, lower right; Yesler Terrace housing development seen below Harborview Hospital; Yesler Way at right, 4th Ave. at bottom of picture.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00424
Date: 1949
View this itemWestern Ave. north from Marion St. viaduct, April 1955
Seattle; Wash. Western Ave. looking north from Marion viaduct.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00377
Date: 1955-04
View this itemWorker guiding steel plate into place on Space Needle, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70070020
Date: 1961-11-08
View this itemBergen Place plaque, May 1978
Seattle - Ballard - Plaque at Bergen Square (see also dedication photographs)
Identifier: spl_wl_bal_00018
Date: 1978-05
View this itemFriends of the Market position statement on Pike Plaza Revelopment Project #21
The statement outlines the issues that the Friends group has with the redevelopment plan including the displacement of farmers and proposed usage of buildings in the area. The Friends group emphasizes the need for improvements that will benefit the farmers and the introduction of more low income housing in the area.
Identifier: spl_ps_015
View this item1118 and 1120 1st Ave., April 12, 1976
Seattle - offices on 1st Ave. 1100 block
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00405
Date: 1976-04-12
View this itemI-5 from Yesler Way overpass, January 31, 1967
Seattle; View north on freeway from Yesler Way overpass on dedication day
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00033
Date: 1967-01-31
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