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1920-08-06 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1920/08/26 –

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!
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