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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SR 520 bridges at Union Bay, September 25, 1963
Seattle; Union Bay; View east Evergreen Point Floating Bridge approaches & ramps
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00039
Date: 1963-09-25
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Workers installing cross-tie between Space Needle legs, ca. September 12, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69670021
Date: 1961-09-12
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I-5 from Harborview Medical Center, August 1974
Seattle - View S. from Harborview Medical Center park.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00003
Date: 1974-08
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City Hall Park, Frye Hotel and Smith Tower, ca. 1915
Street view of City Hall Park, Frye Hotel and Smith Tower. The Frye Hotel was constructed in 1911 and designed by the architects Charles H. Bebb and Louis L. Mendel. The project was funded by Seattle pioneer George F. Frye and his wife Louisa Frye (originally of the Denny family). The hotel was converted to low income housing in the 1970s. Smith Tower was constructed in 1912 under the supervision of the architecture firm Gaggin and Gaggin. It was the tallest building in Seattle until the construction of the Space Needle in 1962.
Identifier: spl_pc_00219
Date: 1915
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Lake Washington, Mercer Island, and Mt. Rainier, ca. 1910s
View southeast from around the Leschi neighborhood in Seattle towards Lake Washington, with Mercer Island, parts of Bellevue, Seward Park, and Mt. Rainier visible. Detailed view of spl_dor_gpn_re_00026 showing closeup of homes. The roofs of the Leschi Park Pavilion and Boathouse can be seen along the waterfront.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00027
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Earshot Jazz, no.5, Jul. 1985
This issue begins with Allen Youngblood's piece on Jim Wilke's radio involvement in the 1985 Bellevue Jazz Festival on page 1. Beginning on page 2, Earshot Jazz presents short biographical updates on the artists/groups Rich Halley and the Lizard Brothers, Al Hood and Alea, Art Farmer, Looser Futures, Grand Dominion Jazz Band - Stephen Joseph, Wide Awake, and Jay Thomas. An individual biography on trombonist Julian Priester begins on page 8, written by Paul de Barros. Page 9 introduces the reviews by Earshot Jazz of the albums Chasin' A Classic-Piano and Double Bass Quartet by Bob Nell, When the Sun Goes Down by Ernestine Anderson, Islands by Scott Cossu, Angel Eyes by Danny Ward, and Another Side Another Time by Scott Lindenmuth Group. Cover art is a photograph of Jim Wilke.
Identifier: spl_ej_571712_1985_01_05
Date: 1985-07
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Building demolition at Olive Way and 8th Ave., December 3, 1972
Seattle; Demolition of store-hotel & cafe bldg. S.W. corner of Olive Way & 8th Av.
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00102
Date: 1972-12-03
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Pacific Builder and Engineer, v. 4, no. 20, May. 19, 1906
Identifier: spl_pbe_3022043_1906_04_20
Date: 1906-05-19
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SGS Bulletin, v.16, no. 4, June 1967
Identifier: spl_sgs_475325_016_004_June1967
Date: June 1967
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I-5 construction near Olive Way, December 31, 1961
Seattle; Wash. View N.W. from Olive near Minor of Olympics and Space Needle; freeway constr. in foreground.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00202
Date: 1961-12-31