Chester C. Platt (1869–1934) was a drugstore operator in Ithaca, New York who was credited with the invention of the ice cream sundae. He was the owner of the Ithaca Democrat, the Batavia Times, and the Madison Wisconsin Leader. He was secretary to New York Governor William Sulzer, and was involved in Democratic state and national politics from 1910 to 1920. In Ithaca, he was active in the Unitarian Church and in local politics.
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"Documenting Ithaca New York as the Home of the Ice Cream Sundae". Ithaca Convention & Visitors Bureau. 2007. Archived from the original on August 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20070822093623/http://visitithaca.com//sundaySundae.cfm ↩
"Guide to the Chester C. Platt Papers,1869-1934". Cornell University. Retrieved 2010-01-09. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM00195.html ↩