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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