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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!
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