'The New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial'
was a newly created American magazine, almost exclusively
meant to publish war news and photos. The first issue was
dated September 9th, 1914 and clearly American publishers
were just as keen to jump on the bandwagon as European
news publishers. The war was sure to be a godsend, not
only for armaments and munitions manufacturors, but for
the printed media as well.
'The Mid-week Pictorial' was a large sized, lavishly
illustrated magazine, with an abundance of clear and
sharp photographs printed in rotogravure. The photos were
selected from various news agencies world-wide and the
United States being neutral till April 1917, had access
to German and Austrian as well as to the more well known
Entente photographic material to be found in British and
French publications..
As in many countries, sympathy in the USA lay with 'Poor
Little Belgium' and much was made of the gallant defence
of the country by the small and outnumbered Belgian army.
Since during the first few months of the war, the defence
of Belgium was mainly conducted from the fortress of
Antwerp. many scenes can be found of events in and around
the city. Here follows a selection from several 1914
issues of 'the New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial'.
