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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



VISITORS FOR THE TEAR 



A record of the attendance for the year shows an increase of a 

 little more than 300,000 visitors over the figures for last year. This 

 is due in part to the increase in population in the city. 



July 221, 700 February 95, 800 



August 216, 300 March 171, 700 



April 265, 000 



May 277, 800 



June 280, 100 



September 315, 500 



October 166, 200 



November , 169,900 



December 134,700 



January 115, 600 Total 2, 430, 300 



The attendance of organizations, mainly classes of students, of 

 which there is definite record, was 48,050, from 876 different schools 

 or groups in 20 States and the District of Columbia. This is the 

 largest number of such groups ever recorded. A complete listing 

 by States follows: 



state 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Georgia --- 



Dlinois 



Indiana 



Kentucky 



Maine... 



Maryland-. 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



New Hampshire 



State 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania.. 

 South Carolina. 



Tennessee 



Virginia 



West Virginia.. 



Total 



Number 



of 

 persons 



2,365 



964 



1,457 



1,256 



10, 304 



1,474 



135 



7,663 



2,309 



48, 050 



Number 



of 

 parties 



33 

 23 

 39 

 33 



201 



38 



4 



139 



876 



About 3 o'clock every afternoon, a census is made of the cars 

 parked on the Zoo grounds. During the year 56,185 were so listed, 

 representing every State in the Union, as well as Alaska, Canada, 

 Canal Zone, Cuba, Hawaii, Mexico, and the Philippine Islands. 



Since the total number is merely a record of those actually parked 

 at one time, it is not of value as showing a total attendance, but is of 

 importance as indicating the percentage of attendance by States, 

 Territories, and countries. The record for the year on this basis 

 shows the District of Columbia automobiles comprised 38 percent; 

 Maryland, slightly more than 24 percent; Virginia, 16 percent; Penn- 

 sylvania, 4 percent; and the remaining cars were from other States, 

 Territories, and countries. 



This is the first year that the cars were counted on Sundays and 

 holidays. In previous years, the record showed that a little more 

 than 50 percent of the cars were from outside the District. This 

 year it is 62 percent, which substantiates our estimate of previous 

 years that adding Sundays and holidays to the count would show 

 at least 60 percent from outside the District. 



