Name/Title
Brainerd, ErastusEntry/Object ID
2025.001.036Description
Photograph of Erastus Brainerd seated outside a log building. He is pictured holding a smoking pipe or cigar in his right hand and wearing casual attire. Likely c. late 1890s or early 1900s.
Brainerd was an American journalist and art museum curator. During the Alaskan Gold Rush, he was the publicist who "sold the idea that Seattle was the Gateway to Alaska and the only such portal".Photograph Details
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City
Seattle, WashingtonState/Province
Washington, AlaskaRegion
Cascades and PlateauContinent
North AmericaCountry
United States of America