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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