1918-01-31 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1918/01/31 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 6, Number 22 – January 31, 1918

Largely consisting of photos with captions though with occassional blocks of longer text, the Mid-Week Pictorial is photojournalism before LIFE. Basically a roto section of The New York Times.

Interesting contents picked up from paging through this particular issue are as follows:

Cover: American of the Draft Army at Camp Dix, N.J., Trained to Use Machine Guns, Now Ready, Whenever the Call Comes, to Leave for Service in France

Article: A Flashlight on Some Aspects of the War

What the British Found on the Way to Jerusalem

5 large captioned photos spread over two facing pages with the headline: What the Men of Our Armies Are Doing in Their Training Camps in France and the United States

Full page photo with caption, plus two more large photos on the facing page, headlined: Fighting on All Fronts Halted by the Icy Grip of Winter on the Snow-Covered Battlefield

Full page photo with caption: An Army Field Kitchen in the Main Street of a French Village Captured by The British

2 photos on one page, headlined: Snapshots from the Western Front

Article with 4 photos: Latest Phase of the Russian Revolution, Intensifying the Tendency of Nation to Split Up into Separate Republics – Includes portrait of Lenin (about a 1/4 page in size)

Beautiful and huge photo spreads the entire 2 pages of the center (a cropped portion shown below) headlined: The Signing of the Armistice by the Russian Delegates and Those of the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk; Dec. 16, 1917 – Includes a key identifying all of the people shown. An awesome large photo

HUGE map spreads two entire pages, headlined: How the Free Self-Determination of Nationalities is Affecting Russia

Full page photo with caption: The Italian Battleship Giulio Cesare Passing Through the Canal of Taranto

3 photos on a single page with small article beneath, headlined: With the Naval Forces of the Allied Nations

Full page photo with caption: Italian Women Clearing Away the Snow on a Military Road in the Gorge of Sottoguido

2 photos on a single page with small article beneath, headlined: On the Snow-clad Heights Where Italy Is Fighting

Full page photo with caption: Artillerymen’s Troubles in Winter Warfare: Frozen Cogs Impede Operations on Western Front

2 photos on a single page with small article beneath, headlined: The Fourth Winter of the War on the Western Front

2 photos on a single page with article, headlined: Some of the Defense Positions Constructed by the Italians

Article: A Flashlight on Some Aspects of the War

Back cover – 2 photos, headlined: Restoring the Reconquered Land of France to Agriculture