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.
Orpheum Theater wreckage with stage, September 1967
Seattle; Orpheum Theatre being demolished view N.W.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00099
Date: 1967-09
View this itemI-5 construction on Olive Way, November 1961
Seattle; Wash. freeway looking north from Olive Way.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00072
Date: 1961-11
View this itemDemolition of Rivoli Theatre for new Federal Building at 1st Ave. and Madison St., January 9, 1971
Seattle; Start of demolition of site of new Federal Bldg. Photo of Rivoli Theatre on Madison.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00102
Date: 1971-01-09
View this itemConstruction of I-5 viaduct at Lakeview, January 1962
Seattle; Wash. View S.E. on Lakeview freeway viaduct with beam laying machine
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00075
Date: 1962-01
View this itemView NE from Federal Building, April 20, 1975
Seattle - View N.E. from 32nd floor of Federal Building - Bottom center is Third Av. & Spring St.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00001
Date: 1975-04-20
View this itemView of I-5 construction from Olive Way, July 1951
Seattle; Wash. View north from Olive Way across freeway construction; Eastlake Av. upper left.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00102
Date: 1961-07
View this itemStairway at One Union Square building, June 1982
Seattle - Grand Stairway at S.E. corner of 6th Av. & University St. - View N.E.
Identifier: spl_wl_swy_00024
Date: 1982-06
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 itemView to waterfront on Union St. near 2nd Ave., June 1974
Seattle; View S.W. on Union Str. Building on left erected 1900 also faces 2nd Av. Former Rhodes Department Store beyond - Late afternoon view
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00009
Date: 1974-06
View this itemMoscow 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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