1920-10-28 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1920/10/28 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 12, Number 9 – October 28, 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 SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN Specially posed by Mae Murray for The Mid-Week Pictorial (Photo credited to Alfred Cheney Johnston)

Throngs Listening to Cox and Harding – 2 photos of the crowd

Concering Alleged Abuses Committed by Marines in Haiti – 5 photos and 1 map over 1 full-page

Coal Miners’ Strike in Great Britain That Threatens One of the Greatest Economic Crises in the Nation’s History — several photos with text spread over two full-pages

Exile of Former Austrian Emperor and Family in Switzerland – Several photos over a single page featuring Ex-Emperor Carl of Austria and family

Niagara – Mightiest of American Cataracts, Viewed from the Air — 2 large photos of Niagara Falls, each a full-page photo

Bolshevist Riots and Propaganda in Various Countries — 2 photos plus 2 poster reproductions spread over a full-page

Latest and Greates of American Battleships Now in Service — 3 photos plus text about the Tennessee over a single page

Stage and Screen Favorites in Current Productions — 8 larger photos spread over 2 full-pages including: Alla Nazimova – Helen Hayes – Shirley Mason – Celia Adler – Dorothy Maynard – Others

Thrilling Plays on College Gridirons East and West — 3 photos with text over a single page include Zink, the Amherst Quarterback – Karl Shlaueman – Kellogg of Syracuse

Terrorism Rife in All Parts of Distracted Ireland – 3 photos plus text over a single page

Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!