COMPARATIVE ATTENDANCE STATISTICS 

 AND DOOR RECEIPTS 

 FOR YEARS 1942 AND 1943 



1943 1942 



Total attendance 1,021,289 1,025,002 



Paid attendance 77,980 79,144 



Free admissions on pay days: 



Students 17,339 23,906 



School children 46,844 47,760 



Teachers 1,222 1,787 



Members , 1,906 697 



Service men and women 15,676 5,484 



Admissions on free days: 



Thursdays (52) 104,735 (52) 135,154 



Saturdays (51) 200,298 (52) 226,455 



Sundays (52) 555,289 (52) 504,615 



Highest attendance on any day (May 



16) 26,102 (June 14) 44,663 



Lowest attendance on any day (Janu- 

 ary 19) 117 (January 7) 84 



Highest paid attendance (September 6) 2,313 (September 7) 3,320 



Average daily admissions (363 days) . . 2,813 (363 days) 2,824 



Average paid admissions (208 days) ... 375 (207 days) 382 



Number of guides sold 12,036 12,471 



Number of articles checked 26,046 24,426 



Number of picture post cards sold .... 83,909 87,409 



Sales of publications, leaflets, hand- 

 books, portfolios, and photographs $ 5,902.81 $ 4,901.58 



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