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1918-02-14 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1918/02/14 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 6, Number 24 – February 14, 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: Major General Peyton C. March

  • Article: A Flashlight on Some ASpects of the War
  • 2 photos on a single page, headlined: Looking After Our Boys When They Pay a Visit to Paris
  • Full page photo, headlined: Five Thousand Artillerymen With their Guns Assembling at an American Training Camp

  • 2 photos on a single page, headlined: The Strenuous Life in America’s Training Camps
  • 4 large photos spread over two facing pages, headlined: Training the Officers Who Will Lead America’s New Armies When They Begin Fighting in France
  • Full page photo, headlined: Winter on the Western Front; French Artillerymen Watering Their Horses
  • 2 large photos on a single page, headlined: With the British on the Snow-Covered Western Front
  • 4 large photos with article over two facing pages, headlined: The 308th Infantry, the First National Army Unit to Parade in Public, Marches Through New York City, Feb. 4, 1918
  • HUGE map spreads the two-center pages of the issue, headlined: Picture Map of Lorraine Showing Where American Troops Are Now in the First-Line Trenches
  • 5 photos spread over two facing pages with brief article, headlined: Padua, One of Italy’s Most Ancient and Wonderful Cities, Bombarded and in Danger of Destruction by Hostile Aircraft
  • Full page photo, headlined: Italian Advanced Positions On the Alps at a Height of Ten Thousand Feet
  • 2 large photos on a single-page, headlined: Italy’s Fighting Forces on Land and Sea
  • Full page photo, headlined: French Soldiers Helping Refugees to Re-Establish Their Homes in the Reconquered Territory
  • 3 photos on a single page, headlined: Here and There Along the French Front
  • 4 large photos with accompanying article on two facing pages, headlined: Registering German Alien Enemies in the United States At an American Training Camp in France
  • 2 photos on one page with brief article below, headlined: Hydroplanes on Patrol Duty on the French Coast
  • Article: A Flashlight on Some Aspects of the War
  • Back cover, 2 photos, headlined: Homes for Soldiers and Civilians Behind the Front