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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Burlesque theater entrance with advertising at 1st Ave. and Madison St., June 1958
Seattle; Wash. 1st Ave. near Marion [Madison].
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00113
Date: 1958-06
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.10, no.2, Feb. 1982
Boar's Nest Bar-B-Que Pit, pg. 10; Finkelstein, Jones and Co., pg. 15; La Brasserie, pg. 14; Lakeside, pg. 11; Market Square Cantina, pg. 13; Place Pigalle, pg. 12; Pony Espresso Ristorante, pg. 9
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1982_10_02
Date: 1982-02
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"Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," The Coast, April 1908
A brief article with portraits of the commissioners of the state of Washington for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition asking the public for its support and enthusiasm in anticipation of the exposition. The author makes the case that the commissioners are hard at work to ensure that the fair opens on its anticipated date and that the exposition "will be the greatest and grandest success that has ever attended the efforts of the Western spirit and enterprise" (p. 299). Coast 15.4 (April 1908): 298-99, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_apr1908
Date: 1908-04
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Moscow Restaurant, February 1952
Seattle; Wash. Russian Restaurant; Lakeview Blvd.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00155
Date: 1952-02
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1909-2009: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition commemorative stamps, 2008
Excerpted essay from PIPEX 2008: the 67th Pacific International Philatelic Exposition. The essay describes the commemorative stamps and cancellations created for the A.Y.P.E. on pages 18 and 19 of the PIPEX 2008 pamphlet. 2 pages, 22 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2511355
Date: 2008
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View west from Seattle Municipal Building, January 5, 1973
Seattle; View west from Municipal Bldg. roof garden; Smoke in center is from a state of Alaska Ferry at Pier 48; Public Safety Bldg. at right.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00383
Date: 1973-01-05
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Dance of the sticks at Klukwan Potlatch ceremony, Alaska, October 12, 1898
Identifier: spl_ap_00110
Date: 1898-10-12
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Moscow Restaurant, December 9, 1953
Seattle; Wash. Moscow Restaurant; Lakeview Blvd. Long a landmark in Seattle this Russian restaurant makes a picturesque scene. Photograph 1953.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00128
Date: 1953-12-09
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Crepe de Paris, October 1974
Seattle; Sidewalk restaurant on 7th Av. between Stewart St. & Olive Way - View north.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00085
Date: 1974-10
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Bill of Fare lunch cart in Occidental Square, August 1973
Seattle; Occidental Park; Lunch cart with Grand Central on the Park Bldg. as background
Identifier: spl_wl_sqr_00047
Date: 1973-08
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