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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Seattle Mail and Herald, v. 4, no. 49, Oct. 19, 1901
Page 1 includes portrait of newspaperman Joseph Blethen. Blethen is discussed further on page 11.
Identifier: spl_mh_198239_1901_04_49
Date: 1901-10-19
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Lincoln High School, Seattle, 1914
"Lincoln High School enlarged to the north (left) [in 1914] but still without paved streets." From Paul Dorpat post "Seattle Now & Then: Wallingford Call," December 23, 2017: https://pauldorpat.com/2017/12/23/seattle-now-then-wallingford-call/
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00080
Date: 1914
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Our Lady of Good Help Church, 1870
Transcribed from photograph: "Churches. Our Lady of Good Help Church (Roman Catholic). Fourth Avenue. South and Park Avenue (Washington Street). Built 1866-1870. Enlarged 1883. 1870. First Catholic church in Seattle. Porch of Baxter house at left."
Identifier: spl_shp_5132
Date: 1870
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 43, Township 22N, Range 8E
This atlas shows early land ownership for King County, Washington, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers, grantees, claimants, etc.
Identifier: spl_map_218451_P43_T22N_R8E
Date: 1889
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Seattle Municipal News, v. 33, no. 2, Jan. 9, 1943
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_33_02
Date: 1943-01-09
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.6, no.12, Dec. 1978
Includes index for volume 6; Chocolates, pg. 93; Jong Yen Lo, pg. 89; LaFiesta, pg. 95; Pupo's, pg. 90; Sunday Brunch, pg. 91
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1978_06_12
Date: 1978-12
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Demolition 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
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Judy Whalen under the boom of Bill Barkes' sailboat, January 1968
Judy Whalen under the boom of Bill Barkes's sailboat
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Date: 1968-01
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View from near 3rd Ave. and Pine St., 1890
Transcribed from photograph: "Views. From Denny Hill, 1890. Looking South. 1. First Methodist Protestant Church. Built 1889-1890, demolished 1907. 2. Abbott House. 3. Armory. 4. Young Naturalist building. 5. University. 6. Providence Hospital. 7. Central School."
Identifier: spl_shp_5137
Date: 1890
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The Town Crier, v.8, no.12, Mar. 22, 1913
Page 9 article "Women's Clubs and Club Work" discusses the activities of local women's clubs.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1913_08_12
Date: 1913-03-22