1920-09-02 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1920/09/02 –

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!