1918/07/04 -

Mid-Week Pictorial - Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11" X 16". Volume 7, Number 18 - July 4, 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: THE NEW BIRD OF LIBERTY - An American Warplane of the Latest Type

  • America's Second Million Men in Training - photos
  • Full-page photo with caption: Where the French Went to Help the Italians Win Their Great Victory
  • Photos: Scenes in Italy Where the Austro-Hungarian Armies Have Failed in Their Offensive and Been Forced to Retreat
  • Huge 2-page map spreads the center pages of this issue, headlined: WHERE THE ITALIANS HAVE BEGUN TO EXPEL THE INVADERS with small headshot photos at the bottom corners of General Armando Diaz and Field Marshal Boroevic
  • Photos: The Grim Reality of War Shown in Realistic Photographs from the British Front in France
  • Photos: The "Whippet," New British Type of Fast, Light Tank, a Formidable Weapon of War
  • Photos: American Army Playing Its Part in Gas Attacks
  • Photos (of dogs): Letting Loose the Dogs of War Quite Literally
  • Our Nations Roll of Honor -- 2 pages showing 53 faces total of those Americans killed in action
  • Back cover photos: American Army Units Welcomed on Arrival in Italy