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!