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1920-08-19 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

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Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 11, Number 25 – August 19, 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: BILLIE BURKE Versatile and captivating actress, who has score many triumphs on both stage and screen and who is to play the leading role in a new comedy that will soon be presented in New York

  • Figures in Realms of Sports, Art, Politics and Literature – 6 photos over a single page: Countess O’Byrne – Captain John Black – George Lance – Mary Roberts Rinehart – W.R. Williams – Rodin’s “The Thinker”
  • Official Notifications to Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt of their Nominations for Presidency and Vice Presidency — 3 photos on one page, one of Cox and FDR walking and waving, the a full page shot of Roosevelt delivering his speech of acceptance
  • Incidents Connected With the Rioting in Belfast, Ireland Which Lasted for Days and Caused Hundreds of Casualties — Article with 7 photos over 2 full pages
  • Personages of Interest Now in the News – 7 photos over a single page: Mrs. John Barrymore (Katherine Harris) – Barrymore himself – Mrs. Annette Adams – Mary O’Reilly – Boies Penrose – Amlita Galli-Curci – Joseph Conrad
  • Talented Actresses in Plays of Opening Season – 8 photos over 2 full pages in center of issue: Elsie MacKay – Miriam Miller – Doris Kenyon – Muriel Martin Harvey – Eileen Wilson – Charlotte Walker – Mitzi Hajos – Girl With Carmine Lips
  • Close Plays and Heavy Hitting on the Diamond, With Leading Pitchers of National and American Leagues – 10 photos over 2 full-pages as follows: 1st Page: Top BABE RUTH hitting 38th Home Run – Stanley Coveleski – Pep Young – Urban Shocker – 2nd Page: Walter Reuther – Carl Mays – Jim Bagby – Grover Cleveland Alexander – A.W. Cooper – Larry Doyle scoring

  • Photographs Taken on the Polish Front During the Conflict Between the Poles and Bolshevists — Article with 7 photos and 1 map spread over 2 full pages
  • Events of Interest, Persons of Prominence and Happenings of International Significance Recorded by Camera – 8 photos over 2 pages includes a 4″ X 7″ photo of Mr. & Mrs. Babe Ruth, the Bambino in street clothes with hat
  • Plus, believe it or not, more pages with several more photos!