1918-02-21 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1918/02/21 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 6, Number 25 – February 21, 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: Where The Americans Are Fighting in France – a map is pictured

Article: A Flashlight on Some Aspects of the War

3 photos on a single page with brief article, headlined: American Soldiers Learning the Art of Using Cold Steel

Full page photo, headlined: Troops in Skirmishing Order on the Crest of a Hill at a Training Camp Near San Francisco, California

2 photos on a single-page, headlined: Sunny California’s Training Camps for Airmen and Cavalry

Full page photo, headlined: Pack Horses Carrying Shells On a Road Made by the British During the Fighting in Flanders

2 photos on a single page, headlined: With the British Fighting Forces in Flande

Full page photo with two large photos on facing page, headlined: With the French Troops Who Were Sent to Italy to Stem the Tide of the Teutonic Invasion

Full page photo, headlined: One of the New Vessels, in the Last Stage of Construction, Built in America to Help the Allies

Article with two large photos, headlined: America’s Effort to “Make a Bridge of Ships” to France

6 photos spread across the two facing pages in the center of the issue

4 photos over two facing pages with brief article, headlined: America’s Army in France, Already Holding a Sector, Fast Becoming a Huge and Efficient War Machine to Fight Germany

Full page photo, headlined: British Troops Sent to the Rescue of Italy in Her Hour of Peril

Large map with article, headlined: Two New Republics Carved Out of Russia — They are Finland and Ukrainia

4 photos spread over two facing pages with brief article, headlined: American Red Cross Motor Ambulances Sent to Rumania

Full page photo, headlined: A Vivid Moment on the French Front During the Winter Fighting

2 photos on a single page, headlined: Useful Auxiliaries to the Armed Forces of the Nation

2 large photos on a single page with small accompanying article, headlined: Tests to Discover Fitness to Handle Machine Guns

Article: A Flashlight on Some Aspects of the War

Back cover, 2 large photos, headlined: Tanks Amid Northern Snows and Under Tropic Skies