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1918-06-13 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Contents

1918/06/13 –

Mid-Week Pictorial – Published Weekly by the New York Times Company. Measures 11″ X 16″. Volume 7, Number 15 – June 13, 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: ONE OF THE BIG GUNS USED BY THE BRITISH TO STOP THE GERMAN ADVANCE

  • Photos: Americans on the Western Front Hurrying to Take Their Place Beside the Allies to Stop the German Onslaught
  • Photo of sinking ship, two inset pics as well: German U-Boat Brings War Close to America by Attack on Coastwise Shipping – Tanker Pratt is shown sinking
  • 2 large illustrated cross-sections — The Interior Construction of German U-Boats
  • 2 large illustrations on a single page: German Submarines as Depicted by German Artists
  • 3 pics with brief article: How the Piratical Submarine Operates Against Shipping
  • Full-page photo: A Battery of French Heavy Guns Ready to Open Fire
  • 2-page center page spread: Large map in middle of Page “Leaders in the Mighty Effort on the Western Front to Secure Military Decision” with photos of the leaders on both the left and right sides of the map, including: Foch, Petain, Pershing, Haig, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince Rupprecht, Von Arnim, and others
  • 2 pages photos: Along the French Front During the Opening Stages of the New German Campaign in the Western Theatre of the War
  • 2 pages of aerial photos: Camp Travis, Where the 90th Division, One of the New National Army Organizations, Has Been Trained
  • Full page ad on back cover: D.W. Griffith’s Supreme Triumph “Hearts of the World” with 7 photos including shots of Dorothy Gish, Little Ben Alexander, Lillian Gish with Ben Alexander, 4 with D.W. Griffith
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