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Mid-Week Pictorial - Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11" X 16". Volume 6, Number 24 - February 14, 1918

Largely consisting of photos with captions though with occassional blocks of longer text, the Mid-Week Pictorial is photojournalism before LIFE. Basically a roto section of The New York Times.

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

Cover: Major General Peyton C. March

Article: A Flashlight on Some ASpects of the War

2 photos on a single page, headlined: Looking After Our Boys When They Pay a Visit to Paris

Full page photo, headlined: Five Thousand Artillerymen With their Guns Assembling at an American Training Camp

2 photos on a single page, headlined: The Strenuous Life in America's Training Camps

4 large photos spread over two facing pages, headlined: Training the Officers Who Will Lead America's New Armies When They Begin Fighting in France

Full page photo, headlined: Winter on the Western Front; French Artillerymen Watering Their Horses

2 large photos on a single page, headlined: With the British on the Snow-Covered Western Front

4 large photos with article over two facing pages, headlined: The 308th Infantry, the First National Army Unit to Parade in Public, Marches Through New York City, Feb. 4, 1918

HUGE map spreads the two-center pages of the issue, headlined: Picture Map of Lorraine Showing Where American Troops Are Now in the First-Line Trenches

5 photos spread over two facing pages with brief article, headlined: Padua, One of Italy's Most Ancient and Wonderful Cities, Bombarded and in Danger of Destruction by Hostile Aircraft

Full page photo, headlined: Italian Advanced Positions On the Alps at a Height of Ten Thousand Feet

2 large photos on a single-page, headlined: Italy's Fighting Forces on Land and Sea

Full page photo, headlined: French Soldiers Helping Refugees to Re-Establish Their Homes in the Reconquered Territory

3 photos on a single page, headlined: Here and There Along the French Front

4 large photos with accompanying article on two facing pages, headlined: Registering German Alien Enemies in the United States At an American Training Camp in France

2 photos on one page with brief article below, headlined: Hydroplanes on Patrol Duty on the French Coast

Article: A Flashlight on Some Aspects of the War

Back cover, 2 photos, headlined: Homes for Soldiers and Civilians Behind the Front