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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Espagnole
Frank Asakichi Kunishige was born in Japan on June 5, 1878. He came to the United States via San Francisco in 1895. After graduating from the Illinois College of Photography, he opened a small photography studio in San Francisco. Kunishige moved to Seattle in 1917. In the same year, he married Gin Kunishige and began working in the studio of Edward S. Curtis where he became acquainted with Ella McBride who he worked for in later years. Kunishige was well known for his use of Pictorialism, a popular painterly style of photography. He developed his photographs on "textura tissue," a paper of his own creation, which allowed him to produce almost dreamlike prints. His work was featured nationally and internationally in exhibitions and publications such as Photo-Era and Seattle's Town Crier. In 1924, Kunishige became one of the founding members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of local photographers including Kyo Koike, Yukio Morinaga, Iwao Matsushita and Fred Y. Ogasawara who gathered to share techniques and ideas, as well as their deep love of the medium. Although the group was initially solely Japanese, they soon welcomed more members including Ella McBride, their first female member. When World War II struck and the country's Japanese internment policy was put in place, Kunishige and his wife were forced to leave Seattle for Idaho where they were interned at the Minidoka camp. After their release, Kunishige spent two years working at a photography studio in Twin Falls, Idaho but eventually returned to Seattle due to his poor health. Frank Kunishige passed away on April 9, 1960.
Identifier: spl_art_367924_54
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Jack Cabe tokes up, Jack Large studio, Pike Place Market, July 1967
Jack Cabe tokes up
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Date: 1967-07
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I-5 construction from Olive Way overpass, September 1963
Seattle; Wash. freeway N.E. from Olive Way overpass; Denny Way overpass in background
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00092
Date: 1963-09
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Coliseum Theater sculpted decoration detail, February 1958
Seattle; Wash. Coliseum Theater; sculptured detail.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00063
Date: 1958-02
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Seattle Municipal News, v. 31, no. 16, Apr. 19, 1941
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_31_16
Date: 1941-04-19
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Jewish Transcript, v. 15, no. 6, Apr. 8, 1938
Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_15_06
Date: 1938-04-08
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Group of musicians in carriage branded with "Home Comfort Stables," ca. 1910s
In addition to his career as a plumber, William Leroy Brown (1871-1939) was also a musician. According to Paul Dorpat, he was a charter member of the local musician's union and ""played the clarinet in "Dad" Wagner's popular concert and marching band." The hats of the men holding instruments in this photo appear to say Wagner, making it possible they are members of the band. Home Comfort Stables appears to have been Yakima business so location is likely either Yakima or Seattle. See note for more on the Brown family.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00242
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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I-5 Lakeview viaduct under construction, April 1961
Seattle; View east of Lakeview viaduct under construction; House is facing Franklin Av.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00089
Date: 1961-04
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page i
Inside cover of atlas with pencil markings and liberary barcode. 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_i
Date: 1889
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Butterfly Bob's Salad Bar, March 1978
Seattle - Bob's Salad Bar - 214 Spring Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00111
Date: 1978-03