This is a portrait of Samuel Solomon (S.S.) Platt, Mayor of the City of Howell, Michigan, 1915-1916, 1924-1925, and 1929-1930. Mr. Platt was also a member of the Livingston County Selective Service Board, in 1941. He also had a monument business for many years at 211 South Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.
S. S. Platt was born in 1864, and died in 1949. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Howell, Michigan.
This is a photo taken of a photograph, not from an original negative, and it pictures, left, Sardis Hubbell, Mayor, 1863, 1866-7, 1871-2, and E.L. Avery, Mayor, 1913-1914, Howell, Michigan.
Sardis Hubbell was the mayor of Howell, Michigan multiple times between 1859 and 1882 (1859-1860, 1873, 1877-1880 and 1882). He was also a judge and attorney in Livingston County, Michigan.
Opening of the US 23 & I-96 Intersection December 12, 1962.
Left to right: Lawrence Gehringer, Howell, Michigan Mayor Clifton Heller, Mrs. John Mackie, State Highway Commissioner John Mackie