Werner Lenggenhager Photo Collection
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.
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Yokuts Basketry Designs - A
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 fourteenth volume, featuring the Kato, Wailaki, Yuki, Pomo, Wintun, Maidu, Miwok and Yokuts tribes, was published in 1924. The index provides more detailed captions for selected images within the portfolio.
Identifier: spl_nai_14_502
Date: 1924
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Brock Adams for prosecuting attorney billboard, 1958
Seattle; Wash. Nov. general election poster.
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00049
Date: 1958
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Pike Place Market rear entrance stairs and "to the Market" sign from Western Ave, May 1967
Market rear entrance
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Date: 1967-05
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Elevated 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
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Western 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
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Coliseum Theater sculpted decoration detail, February 1958
Seattle; Wash. Coliseum Theater; sculptured detail.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00063
Date: 1958-02
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SR 520 from overpass near MOHAI, October 13, 1963
Seattle; Wash. View east from overpass at Museum of History and Industry; Laurelhurst upper left
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00044
Date: 1963-10-13
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Bergen Place plaque, May 1978
Seattle - Ballard - Plaque at Bergen Square (see also dedication photographs)
Identifier: spl_wl_bal_00018
Date: 1978-05
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The Apache
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 first volume, featuring the Navajo, Apache and Jicarilla tribes, was published in 1907.
Identifier: spl_nai_01_007
Date: 1906
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Welders working on Space Needle leg, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68830022
Date: 1961-07
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