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1920-05-06 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1920/05/06 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 11, Number 10 – May 6, 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: JANE COWL in role of Moonyeen Clare in “Smilin’ Through” a character of peculiar beauty and appealing charm

  • Congressmen and Others Claiming Public Attention – 10 photos on one page
  • Irish Demand for Release of Hunger Strikers From Mountjoy Prison Heeded by the British Authorities – 5 photos over 2 full-pages includes picture of Dr. Vincent White, first Sinn Fein Mayor of Waterford City
  • Popular Feeling Running High in Irish Capital – 2 large photos
  • Presidential Aspirants, No. VI – Full-page photo with caption of William Gibbs McAdoo
  • Managers of Major League Baseball Teams in the Thick of the Fight for the 1920 Championship Pennant — All 16 major league managers pictured on 2 facing pages in the center of the issue: Hughie Jennings – Miller Huggins – Tris Speaker – Clarke Griffith – James Burke – Kid Gleason – Connie Mack – Ed Barrow – John McGraw – Wilbert Robinson – Cactus Gravath – George Gibson – Branch Rickey – George Stallings – Pat Moran – P. Mitchell — that’s a lot of Hall of Famers!
  • Perils of Steeplechasing — 5 photos on a single page of Steeplechase accidents
  • Movie Thrills in Recent Screen Productions — 4 photos
  • Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!