1920-05-27 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1920/05/27 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 11, Number 13 – May 27, 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: MEMBERS OF THE G.A.R. MARCHING IN PARADE AT THE DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE IN ARLINGTON, MAY 15, 1920

House and Senate Congerees on the Knox Peace Resolution – 6 photos: Gilbert M. Hitchcock – Philander C. Knox – Henry D. Flood – Henry Cabot Lodge – Stephen G. Porter – John J. Rogers

Police Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York, May 15 – 2 large photos with captions show the police marching

French Railway Strike in France and May Day Labor Demonstrations in Various European Capitals – 2 pages with 7 photos

Perplexing Housing Problem in American and Abroad – 3 photos including one of a tent city in Newark

Dedication of Arlington Memorial to American Dead – 2 photos on a single page

Huge 2-page painting of Signing of Peace Treaty at Versailles, France, June 28, 1919 with key to identify the participants

Baseball Favorites in Early Days and Present Stars – 1 page, 5 photos: Christy Mathewson shown in 1900 – Johnny Evers – John J. McGraw shown in his playing days with the Orioles – Leon Cadore – Joe Oeschger

Baseball Fever Prevalent in Faraway Japan, Where First-Class Ball Is Played — 3 photos include sumo wrestler playing ball; M. Oka, Chief of the metropolitan police force from Tokyo, throwing out the first ball; The “Top Knot” nine — all are famous wrestlers who still wear the topknot, seated here in baseball uniforms

Pageants and Imposing Ceremonies Attending the Canonization of Joan of Arc, “Maid of Orleans” – 8 photos over 2 full pages

Shamrock IV and Two Possible Cup Defenders – 3 large photos over 2 pages includes a full-page photo of The Resolute, the Vanitie is also shown

Actresses of Note in Spoken Drama and On the Screen – 5 photos on a full-page: Mary Miles Minter – Eva Le Gallienne – Billie Burke – Lola Fisher – Peggy Wood

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