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.
Condominium construction, 1980
Seattle - View east from Western & Blanchard to 1st Av. - site of 38 story luxury condominium - Baugh Construction Co.
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00010
Date: 1980
View this itemBlue Mouse Theater from across the St., April 1971
Seattle; View N.W. on 5th Av. between Pike & Union; Blue Mouse Theatre to be demolished.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00090
Date: 1971-04
View this itemSouth Seattle Redevelopment Project, Washington R-13, Green Areas, Plan of Industrial Park : Exhibit L, circa 1965
Map showing urban renewal plans for buildings in South Seattle.
Identifier: spl_maps_2444389
View this itemCars at Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington, July 1967
Everett motocross track [incorrect]
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Date: 1967-07
View this itemSeattle Municipal News, v. 34, no. 35, Sep. 30, 1944
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_34_35
Date: 1944-09-30
View this itemSGS Bulletin, v.8, no. 1, Sep. 1958
Identifier: spl_sgs_475325_008_001_Sep1958
Date: Sep. 1958
View this itemNorth American Indian Volume 17 Index
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 seventeenth volume, featuring the Tewa and Zuni tribes, was published in 1926. The index provides more detailed captions for selected images within the portfolio.
Identifier: spl_nai_17_Index
Date: 1926
View this itemSR 520 bridges at Union Bay, September 25, 1963
Seattle; Union Bay; View east Evergreen Point Floating Bridge approaches & ramps
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00039
Date: 1963-09-25
View this itemI-5 Lakeview viaduct under construction, April 1961
Seattle; View east of Lakeview viaduct under construction; House is facing Franklin Av.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00089
Date: 1961-04
View this itemButterfly Bob's Salad Bar, March 1978
Seattle - Bob's Salad Bar - 214 Spring Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00111
Date: 1978-03
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