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The photo is taken in New York's Columbus Circle. That's the monumental statue of Columbus in its center in the background. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Circle

Interestingly, Cantor is standing on the top hatch and turret of an M1917 Light Tank, the American license-built version of the French Renault FT-17 Tank (the M1917 is distinguished from the FT-17 by the lifting hook on the hull, noted on the photo above). Presumably the tank was in Columbus Circle for a postwar display. Here's a photo of an M1917 Light Tank posted at the Boston Public Library's Flickr collection for comparison: www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/8780208403/

It's possible this photo is of an event connected to the actors' strike of 1919, in which Cantor played a part. www.americantheatre.org/2013/03/01/when-actors-equity-sta...

Miss Ray Slater, see

Mabel "Ray" Slater Murphy (1895-1985) search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&a... www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99213078 In 1919, Ray Slater married James Bumgardner Murphy, s. The sun., May 11, 1919, Section 5 Pictorial Section, Image 53, col. 1 (with photo) and the NYT, April 29, 1919 query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F0DEED81F3BE0... S. also www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoi... "In Washington he met his future wife, Ray Slater of Boston, who was working there as secretary to William Bullitt, later our Ambassador to France."

B-59 I like the part about how her mother's 3,000 employees got the day off and free wedding cake when she got married.

More coverage of the event, with another picture of Ray Slater: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-03-01/ed-...

Blackstone is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The district was originally called Bundamba Creek but this caused confusion with nearby Bundamba, so the postmistress Mrs Orr proposed the name Blackstone, believed to be a place in Ireland.[3 The area is renowned for its mining history and in 1866 Welshman Lewis Thomas established one of the first mines in the area.[4] Blackstone has a rich Welsh history with Lewis Thomas having populated the community with Welsh miners and their families, who in turn established their own Cambrian choir and church in 1886, a School of Arts in 1891, a Soccer club in 1890, and public school in 1887. Blackstone Congregational Church was established in 1879 and was designed by architect Will Haenke. The church originally faced Thomas Street, but circa 1900 a new church building was constructed to face Mary Street with the original building being retained as a hall. In December 2007 the Samoan Methodist Church purchased the church with Samoan-language services being conducted from 27 January 2008.[6] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone,_Queensland