1918-02-07 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1918/02/07 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 6, Number 23 – February 7, 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: Newton D. Baker – Secretary of War

Article: A Flashlight on Some Aspects of the War

2 photos on a single page, headlined: Americans on the British and French Fronts – 3 more related photos follow on the next page

2 photos on a single page, headlined: With the American Armies at Home and Abroad

Full page photo, plus 3 additional photos on the facind page, headlined: Picturesque Scenes in the Alpine Regions Where the Italian and Austrian Armies Are Fighting One Another

4 photos over two facing pages with small article beneath, headlined: Aerial Torpedoes and Trench Mortars Used by the French

Full page photo, headlined: Reading the Proclamation at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem, Dec. 11, 1917

Article with 2 large photos, headlined: Historic Scenes in the Taking Of Jerusalem

HUGE photo spreads the entire two pages in the center of the issue, headlined: The Crusaders’ Dream Realized by the Capture of Jerusalem, Dec. 10, 1917 – with the “dream” shown as a painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach laid in an empty area of the photo at the top right. Very impressive!

Article, with two large photos and a full-page map on the facing page, headlined: Alsace-Lorraine, Whose Restoration by Germany is France’s Chief Demand in the Settlement of War

Full page photo, plus three smaller photos on facing page with brief article, headlined: The Use of Naval Kite-Balloons to Detect the Presence of Enemy Submarines

4 large photos on two facing pages, headlined: Examples of Camouflage Used on the Western Front

Full page horizontal photo, captioned at right features Germany’s new Gotha airplane

2 large photos on a full-page with brief article below, headlined: Disastrous Fire in New American Shipyard

2 large photos on a single-page, headlined: Unusual Photographs Taken During Actual Fighting in France

Article with photos: Prominent Personalities in Revolutionary Russia – with photos of Ioffee, Antonow, Krylenko, and Schneider

Back cover, 3 photos: Providing Recreation for America’s New Army Men