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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Taku Glacier, Alaska, ca. 1899
The original Tlingit name for Foster Glacier was Taku Glacier. It was also known as Schulze Glacier in the 1880s and Foster Glacier in the 1890s before reverting to its first name.
Identifier: spl_ap_00062
Date: 1899
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Man on bicycle pulling sled near summit of White Pass Trail, ca. 1899
During the Klondike Gold Rush, the White Pass was one of the routes used by prospectors to travel from Skagway to the Yukon gold fields.
Identifier: spl_ap_00115
Date: 1899
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Harold Frye's Broiler St. advertisement, October 25, 1959
Seattle; Wash. Eastlake Ave. Old Chevrolet near restaurant of name on car adv.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00021
Date: 1959-10-25
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Pacific Builder and Engineer, v. 5, no. 19, May. 11, 1907
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1907_05_19
Date: 1907-05-11
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Elliott Bay from West Seattle, December 25, 1966
Elliott Bay, Christmas morning, December 1966
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Date: 1966-12
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Seattle Municipal News, v. 31, no. 24, Jun. 14, 1941
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_31_24
Date: 1941-06-14
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Jewish Transcript, v. 5, no. 18, Jul. 6, 1928
Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_05_18
Date: 1928-07-06
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Welders working on Space Needle leg, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68830022
Date: 1961-07
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Western Ave. north from Marion St. viaduct, April 1955
Seattle; Wash. Western Ave. looking north from Marion viaduct.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00377
Date: 1955-04
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Ruins at 2nd Ave. and Columbia St. following the Great Fire, June 1889
Fire. Ruins. Front Street. Looking West from Second Avenue and Columbia Street from the Boston Block.
Identifier: spl_shp_5049
Date: 1889