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Vol. I, No. 1 4 qSv JANUARY, 1913 



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THE EXHIBITION OF LAST FALL 



The annual fall exhibition has come and gone, and it will be 

 remembered by all as the greatest ever given by the society up to 

 the present time. It opened on Friday night, November i, in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, with a private view to 

 members of the society, the museum, and affiliated organizations. 

 It was open to the public, free of charge, the four days follow- 

 ing, closing on the evening of the fifth. The open hours were 

 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. and 7 to 10 P.M., excepting on Sunday, when 

 it was open from i to 5 P.M. only. The attendance of 44,892 at 

 the fall exhibition of 191 1 was considered large, but this year 

 far exceeded that record, the attendance totaling in the four days 

 and five nights 130,287, distributed as follows: Friday evening, 

 the private view, 831 ; Saturday, 15,761 ; Sunday, 90,769 ; Monday, 

 10,801 ; Tuesday, 12,125. This is not oiily the record for the 

 flower show, but it is the record for attendance at the museum. 

 The greatest previous attendance was during the tuberculosis 

 exhibit some years ago when something over 60,000 people passed 

 through the halls in the same length of time on a Sunday after- 

 noon. 



Consider the attendance for Sunday, and what it means. Over 

 90,000 in four hours, 22,692 per hour, or 378 per minute. A 

 crowd was waiting when the doors opened at one, and from that 

 time on a steady stream surged through the entrance. Every 

 car on the eighth avenue line emptied itself at 77th St., and all 

 bent their steps toward the Museum. Within an hour after 

 opening the halls became so crowded that it was necessary to close 

 the doors on the lower floor, directing the people up the main 

 steps outside, thus affording them entrance to the upper floors. 



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