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.
Bloch's Restaurant, August 1976
Seattle - Blochs Restaurant at Queen Anne & Thomas - Place has maximum exposure to light. Also out of door facilities and more light exposure westside of bldg. (not shown in photograph)
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00093
Date: 1976-08
View this itemSR 520 bridges at Union Bay, September 25, 1963
Seattle; Wash. View east across Union Bay with ramps of Evergreen Floating Bridge
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00040
Date: 1963-09-25
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 itemMack's Underground Restaurant, September 1974
Seattle; Metropole building ; S.W. corner of 2nd Av. S. & Yesler Way; - Shown is detailed 2nd Av. entrance.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00173
Date: 1974-09
View this itemI-5 at night from Pine St. overpass
Seattle; Freeway I-5; View S.W. left is northbound traffic
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00027
Date: 1972-12-15
View this itemCoffee Corral, September 1976
Seattle - Coffee Corall - Long standing coffee shop at N.E. corner of 7th Av. & Stewart Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00097
Date: 1976-09
View this itemView of South Main St. buildings from Occidental Park, June 1974
Seattle; View of North facade of low buildings between Occidental Av. S. Left & 1st Av. S. View S. from Occidental Park.
Identifier: spl_wl_sqr_00044
Date: 1974-06
View this itemMan at waterfront and glaciers in Alaska, ca. 1899
Uncaptioned photograph showing Alaskan glaciers, blocks of ice and waterway at an unknown location. A man with a walking stick stands at the left of the photo at the water's edge.
Identifier: spl_ap_00060
Date: 1899?
View this itemMunicipal News, v. 53, no. 19, Nov. 11, 1963
Page 143 article discusses plan for redeveloping downtown Seattle.
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_53_19
Date: 1963-11-11
View this itemView north to 5th Ave. with Music Box Theater, July 1982
Seattle; View N.W. intersection Union [i.e. Pike ?] & 5th Ave.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00303
Date: 1982-07
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