1920/05/06 -

Mid-Week Pictorial - Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11" X 16". Volume 11, Number 10 - May 6, 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: JANE COWL in role of Moonyeen Clare in "Smilin' Through" a character of peculiar beauty and appealing charm

  • Congressmen and Others Claiming Public Attention - 10 photos on one page
  • Irish Demand for Release of Hunger Strikers From Mountjoy Prison Heeded by the British Authorities - 5 photos over 2 full-pages includes picture of Dr. Vincent White, first Sinn Fein Mayor of Waterford City
  • Popular Feeling Running High in Irish Capital - 2 large photos
  • Presidential Aspirants, No. VI - Full-page photo with caption of William Gibbs McAdoo
  • Managers of Major League Baseball Teams in the Thick of the Fight for the 1920 Championship Pennant -- All 16 major league managers pictured on 2 facing pages in the center of the issue: Hughie Jennings - Miller Huggins - Tris Speaker - Clarke Griffith - James Burke - Kid Gleason - Connie Mack - Ed Barrow - John McGraw - Wilbert Robinson - Cactus Gravath - George Gibson - Branch Rickey - George Stallings - Pat Moran - P. Mitchell -- that's a lot of Hall of Famers!
  • Perils of Steeplechasing -- 5 photos on a single page of Steeplechase accidents
  • Movie Thrills in Recent Screen Productions -- 4 photos
  • Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!