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COMPARATIVE ATTENDANCE STATISTICS 

 AND DOOR RECEIPTS 



FOR YEARS 1933 AND 1934 



1934 1933 



Total attendance 1,991,469 3,269,390 



Paid attendance 99,553 212,298 



Free admissions on pay days: 



Students 19,870 21,901 



Schoolchildren 54,712 90,151 



Teachers 1,139 2,295 



Members 1,208 1,817 



Admissions on free days: 



Thursdays (52) 523,580 (52) 895,487 



Saturdays (52) 603,953 (52) 949,543 



Sundays (52) 687,454 (53) 1,095,898 



Highest attendance (Sept. 2) 55,458 (Aug. 24) 65,966 



Lowest attendance (Dec. 21) 56 (Feb. 7) 22 



Highest paid attendance (Sept. 3) 3,946 (Sept. 4) 6,363 



Average daily admissions (365 days) 5,456 (365 days) 8,957 



Average paid admissions (209 days) 476 (208 days) 1,020 



Number of guides sold 4,706 8,918 



Number of articles checked 37,310 64,322 



Number of picture post cards sold 107,842 164,729 



Sales of publications, leaflets, handbooks, 



portfolios, and photographs $4,209.48 $6,306.23 



