This is a locomotive steam train on tracks near Howell Michigan.
The location bears a very similar appearance to the Isbell Street "Jewett Bridge" cut, down to similar telegraph pole placement on the right side of the tracks. Tracks would therefore be the Detroit, Lansing & Northern/Pere Marquette/Chesapeake and Ohio, and currently CSX trackage running east/west through the city.
This is a photograph of the aftermath of the fire at Locey's Recreation Center, 300 Block of East Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, February 17, 1935.
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The photograph taken in 1948 shows workers setting the center memorial stone of Livingston County's War Memorial. It was to memorialize the names of locals who died during war.
Contains Livingston County, Michigan marriage records. Certificates of Marriage must be obtained from the Livingston County Court House, Howell, Michigan.