1920/10/28 -

Mid-Week Pictorial - Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11" X 16". Volume 12, Number 9 - October 28, 1920

Largely consisting of photos with captions though with occassional blocks of longer text, the Mid-Week Pictorial is photojournalism before LIFE.

Interesting contents picked up from paging through this particular issue are as follows:

Cover: THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN Specially posed by Mae Murray for The Mid-Week Pictorial (Photo credited to Alfred Cheney Johnston)

  • Throngs Listening to Cox and Harding - 2 photos of the crowd
  • Concering Alleged Abuses Committed by Marines in Haiti - 5 photos and 1 map over 1 full-page
  • Coal Miners' Strike in Great Britain That Threatens One of the Greatest Economic Crises in the Nation's History -- several photos with text spread over two full-pages
  • Exile of Former Austrian Emperor and Family in Switzerland - Several photos over a single page featuring Ex-Emperor Carl of Austria and family
  • Niagara - Mightiest of American Cataracts, Viewed from the Air -- 2 large photos of Niagara Falls, each a full-page photo
  • Bolshevist Riots and Propaganda in Various Countries -- 2 photos plus 2 poster reproductions spread over a full-page
  • Latest and Greates of American Battleships Now in Service -- 3 photos plus text about the Tennessee over a single page
  • Stage and Screen Favorites in Current Productions -- 8 larger photos spread over 2 full-pages including: Alla Nazimova - Helen Hayes - Shirley Mason - Celia Adler - Dorothy Maynard - Others
  • Thrilling Plays on College Gridirons East and West -- 3 photos with text over a single page include Zink, the Amherst Quarterback - Karl Shlaueman - Kellogg of Syracuse
  • Terrorism Rife in All Parts of Distracted Ireland - 3 photos plus text over a single page
  • Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!