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.
Canton Garden alley sign, December 25, 1978
Seattle - Rearview of 617 1/2 - 6th Av. Brick Building * Red brick pavement alley.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00109
Date: 1978-12-25
View this itemI-5 from Madison St. overpass, November 1978
Seattle - Freeway looking North from Madison
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00007
Date: 1978-11
View this itemIce Follies billboard, April 1969
Seattle; Poster of 1969; Peggy Fleming; Gold medal winner at 1968 Olympic games.
Identifier: spl_wl_bil_00033
Date: 1969-04
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 itemIvar's on Broadway with racist sign, March 17, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Ivar's on Broadway; View north from 300 Block Broadway No.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00125
Date: 1959-03-17
View this itemElevated view NE on 4th Ave. from Yesler Way overpass, October 1972
Seattle; View N.E. on 4th Av. from Yesler Way overpass
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00389
Date: 1972-10
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 itemNew England Coffee Shop painted door, August 1954
Seattle; Wash. New England Coffee Shop; Olive Way opposite Times Square Bldg.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00144
Date: 1954-08
View this itemClose up of Exotica Studios strip club sign, November 1979
Seattle - Sign was the last one before permanent closure; 700 block Pike St. north.
Identifier: spl_wl_sex_00013
Date: 1979-11
View this itemThe Townhouse, March 1958
Seattle; Wash. The Townhouse on 1400 Hubbell Place; View N.E. to Pike Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_apt_00087
Date: 1958-03
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