Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 7, Number 17 – June 27, 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: SCOTTISH TROOPS IN ACTION AMID THE RUINS OF A VILLAGE IN FRANCE
Map + Photos: Austria’s New Offensive on the Italian Front
Photos + Articles: Searchlights of Vital Use in Fighting on Land and Sea at Night
Full-page photo: British Artillery Moving Forward to Stop the German Advance
Photos: American Coast Artillerymen on the Western Front
Full-page photo: Some of the French Heavy Guns Which Have Helped to Foil the Latest German Offensive
Full-page photo: Camoflage Screens Which Prevent Detection of Troop Movements Along Roads in France
Center page: The Wonderful Growth of the United States Navy with world map showing positioning of fleets, brief article, bordered by photos of Rear Admirals such as Sims, Mayo, Gleaves, Rodman, Dunn, Wilson, and more
2 pages photos: What an American Infantry Brigade Look Like When Drawn Up in Complete Formation
Large illustration on a full page with text below: Types of French Soldiers: No. 8 – The Stretcher-Bearer
Photos with brief article: Austria’s Desperate Attempt to Crush Italy
Our Nations Roll of Honor — 2 pages showing 53 faces total of those Americans killed in action
Full page ad on back cover: D.W. Griffith’s Supreme Triumph “Hearts of the World” with 8 photos including shots of Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish and Bobby Harron, Little Ben Alexander, Harron alone, 3 with Griffith
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
Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 12, Number 1 – September 2, 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: FLORES LA DUE – Champion woman roper of the world, on her horse, Prince, at the T.S. Ranch, Longview, Alberta, Canada
Olympic Games at Antwerp, Belgium, and Some of the Winners – 5 photos include R.W. Landon, J. Myrra, and C.W. Paddock
Terrorism in Belfast as SHops are Looted and Scores Killed and Wounded — 2 pages, article with 10 photos and drawings
Beautiful and Talented Actresses of Fall Season – 9 photos over 2 full pages: Gail Kane – Grace Valentine – Doris Kelly – Senora Caritos – Marion Coakley – Madge Kennedy – Edna Hibbard – Jane Errol – Charlotte Starbuck
Huge 2-page photo captioned: Remarkable Photograph Taken from an Airplane of the Tall Buildings of Lower New York – In the Foreground Is the Battery, With Aquarium at Left, While Beyond Them Scores of Mighty Structures Tower Toward the Sky
Progress Being Made in Jerusalem and Ceremonies Marking the Entrance Upon HIs Duties of the British High Commissioner – 11 photos over 2 pages
Incidents and Figures in Two Notable Tragedies includes photo of baseball player Ray Chapman ‘s body being carried into St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland, a photo of Chapman’s replacement with the Indians, Harry Lunte, and a photo of “new protective headgear for batters” which looks to be a very early batting helmet
Reversal of the Fortunes of War That Has Enabled the Poles to Sweep the Bolshevists From Their Territory – 2 pages, article with 7 photos and a map
College Students and Graduates Who Have Won Renown as Batters and Fielders on the Baseball Diamond — 2 pages include photos of 12 baseball players: W.L. Kopf – Del Pratt – Dick Rudolph – Red Faber – George Sisler – Wallie Pipp – Claude R. Hendrix – Harry Hooper – Eddie Murphy – W.L. Killefer – Eddie Collins
Full-page ad on back cover for D.W. Griffith ‘s classic Way Down East starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess, with photos from the film surrounding Griffith’s image
Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!
Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 11, Number 26 – August 26, 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: LILLIAN GISH favorite screen actress who is soon to appear in a film version of “Way Down East”
Old Mayflower, Whose Relics Are Reported Found – 4 photos with text over a single page including a reproduction of what the Mayflower was supposed to have looked like as well as the beams and rafters inside a barn in Buckinghamshire which were alleged to be parts of the Mayflower
The Most Significant Statue in the World — A full page photo with text of the Statue of Liberty
Front Porch Campaign of Republican Candidate – 4 photos of and regarding Warren G. Harding
Winners at Olympic Games and Daring Aviatrix — 5 photos on a single page of Olympians R.W. Landon – Earl Thomson – Charles W. Paddock – Jean Guillemot and aviatrix Laura Bromwell
Charming Actresses Who Deligh Metropolitan Audiences — 6 photos over the center 2 pages of the issue including huge head shots of Muriel Harrison and Olive Vaughn and smaller headshots beneath them of Emily Drange – Averne Taylor – Eva Brady – Kathleen Ardelle
Bolshevist Armies Encircling the Polish Capital and Stirring Up Insurrection in the Near East — 8 photos with quite a bit of accompanying text over 2 full pages inlcuding pictures of General Kuropatkin and General Wrangel
Map Showing Centres of Unrest, Revolt and Military Operations All Over the World — Full Page map of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa
Distrubed Areas in Italy, Greece and the Near East – Article with photos
Military Operations in Siberia, China and Morocco – Article with photos
Ireland the Battle Ground of Contending Factions – Article with photos
Exciting Plays on the Diamond and Star Players Who Are Helping Their Teams in the Race for the Pennant — 10 baseball photos spread over 2 facing pages — 1. Buck Herzog tagged out at the plate; 2. Headshot of Tris Speaker ; 3. Headshot of Sam Rice ; Babe Ruth sliding into third, Babe’s face turned away but Buck Weaver is the 3rd Baseman; 5. Frankie Frisch safe at third; — On the second page the five photos are all full body shots of the players, no backgrounds: 6. Roger Peckinpaugh of the New York Yankees; 7. Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals; 8. Vern Spencer of the New York Giants; 9. Ping Bodie of the New York Yankees; 10. Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Dodgers
Figures in Woman Suffrage Victory in Tennessee – 7 photos over a single page, with text. Pictured are Mrs. George Milton, Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Albert Houston Roberts, Mrs. Maud Wood Park, Mrs. helen H. Gardener
Back cover includes a photo with brief write-up that is headlined — Death of Ray Chapman — Chapman, former shortstop for the Cleveland Indians died in New York on August 17 as a result of having been struck in the head the day before by a ball pitched by Yankees’ Carl Mays. Chapman is the last major league player to be killed in an on-field incident
Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!
Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue are as follows: Fiction:
“Lovers Meeting” — Part 4 — by Margaret Ayer Barnes and illustrated by Clark Agnew
“Alfie’s Manager Story” by Mabel Constanduros and Michael Hogan with illustration by Fell Sharp
“Born Invited” by Barbara Rex and illustrated by O.F. Howard
“Christmas Miracle” by Clare Mumford and illustrated by John Fulton
“A Prince for Penelope” by Theodora DuBois and illustrated by Daniel Celestin Sweeney
Special Articles:
What Is Christmas? by Marjorie Shuler
The World at Large by Mary Margaret McBride
Ten Rules for Success in Marriage by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Gifts of Time by Mary Lane McMillan
Peace on Earth by Dorothy Thompson aka Mrs. Sinclair Lewis with illustration by Herbert Paus
“Frolics and Follies” — Part 3 and Conclusion — by Lilyan Tashman – Sucess in Hollywood concludes this story of an American chorus girl with photo of Tashman seated in her Hollywood home
True to Type by Doris Lee Ashley with illustration by Harry L. Timmins
1873/07 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:
My First Semester by Reev. Wolcott Calkins
Subjects and Prospects by Crisfield Johnson
Notes from a Publishing House — Part 1: Josh Billings by Livingston
Three New Books – One of which being the latest Robert Browning
Ladies’ Libraries – Past and Presetn
Editor’s Portfolio – A Nation of Thinkers – A Humorist’s Visit – brief anecdote recounts when an unknown man visited the New York Tribune looking for editor Whitelaw Reid and turned out to be Sam Clemens – Announcements – Silver Mining
Ours Was the Best Generation by Gene Shuford with drawings by Victor Candell – Preceded bythe Jazz Era and followed by today’s smug New Youth, the college graduates of the middle nineteen-twenties comes into a late ripening
Why Do They Read It? by Belle Rosenbaum – Explaining that bewildering American phenomenon, Gone With the Wind — how it changed the reading habits of a nation, why it outsold all best-sellers
LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES:
The American Student Leaves the Reservation by Maude Palmer Thayer
A Day in the Cumberlands by Marian Lackey
“Mountain People” — Verse by Jesse Stuart
THE PEOPLE AND THE ARTS:
Jim Tully by Frank Scully – 4 pages with a photo of Tully and one of his mansion
Books by John Chamberlain
Book Notes by Katherine Gauss Jackson
Music and Records by Richard Gilbert
TRAVEL:
East-to-West — 5. The Eastern Mediterranean by George Brandt
Vacation Cruises by K.K.
FEATURES:
Straws in the Wind
Who Looks Upon an Ocean Bay by Kathryn Grondahl
American Painters Series — No.6, White-faced Cattle by Howard Cook – Beautiful tipped-in page on higher quality paper, thick stock, blank back, quite colorful
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