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1920-12-30 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1920/12/30 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 12, Number 18 – December 30, 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 New Year Girl — Specially posed by Miss Dorothy Gish for The Mid-Week Pictorial

  • “Best Minds” Conference at President-Elect’s Home picturing former President Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Elihu Root, Henry Cabot Lodge, William E. Borah, and others
  • American Champions in the Leading Indoor and Outdoor Sports for the Year Now Drawing to Its Close – Several photos over two pages including: Willie Hoppe – Bill Tilden – team photo of the 1920 A.L. Champion Cleveland Indians – BABE RUTH – Ed Strangler Lewis – MAN O’WAR – others
  • Destruction and Reprisal Still Rife in Ireland — 6 photos with captions over two full-pages
  • Famine in China That Is Sweeping Five Provinces – 5 photos over a full-page
  • New Rulers, Presidents and Premiers of 1920 – Several photos over a full-page including: Alfredo De Zayas , The President of Cuba – President Warren G. Harding of the U.S. – King Constantine I of Greece – President Alex-Andre Millerand of France – Several Others
  • Notable Plays That Have Won Popular Favor in 1920 — 12 photos over the 2 pages in the middle of this issue
  • Founder and Recipient of Nobel Prizes – 7 photos over a full page, includes: Alfred Nobel – Woodrow Wilson – Knut Hamsun – Charles Guillaume – Carl Spitteler – Others
  • Climactic Scenes in Some of the Most Successful Photoplays That Have Been Presented in 1920 — Several photos over two-full pages include shots of Lillian Gish in “Way Down East” – John Barrymore in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” – Pola Negri in “Passion” – Douglas Fairbanks – Gloria Swanson in “Male and Female” – Lon Chaney in “The Penalty” – many others
  • Recent Internal Developments in Soviet Russia – Several photos of 2 full-pages including a shot of Lenin
  • A half-page ad for Selznick Pictures on the back cover features Elaine Hammerstein – William Faversham – Eugene O’Brien – Owen Moore – Conway Tearle – Martha Mansfield
  • Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!