File:Erastus Brainerd.jpg

Summary
Erastus Brainerd, circa 1897, when as Secretary of Seattle Chamber of Commerce he masterminded the promotion of Seattle as the Gateway to the Klondike.

source: http://historylink.org/klondike/display.cfm?display_id=1293

Public domain presumed: this is a photo from the 1890s, of a public figure. It was presumably published at that time (well before 1923).