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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  REPEODUCTIONS 
  AND 
  PAMPHLETS 
  

  

  Two 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-one 
  new 
  negatives 
  of 
  objects 
  have 
  been 
  

   made. 
  Of 
  these, 
  139 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  registration 
  photographs 
  and 
  142 
  

   in 
  response 
  to 
  special 
  orders. 
  The 
  total 
  nmnber 
  of 
  reproductions 
  

   available, 
  either 
  as 
  carbon 
  photographs 
  or 
  as 
  negatives 
  from 
  which 
  

   prints 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  upon 
  request, 
  is 
  now 
  2,689. 
  

  

  Three 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty-two 
  lantern 
  slides 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  added 
  

   to 
  the 
  collection, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  829 
  available 
  for 
  study 
  and 
  for 
  

   sale. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  numbers 
  of 
  sales 
  of 
  reproductions, 
  at 
  cost 
  price, 
  are 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  Photographs, 
  2,156; 
  post 
  cards, 
  18,334; 
  lantern 
  slides, 
  60; 
  

   negatives, 
  5. 
  Two 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-five 
  lantern 
  slides 
  have 
  been 
  

   loaned 
  for 
  lecture 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Of 
  booklets 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  gallery, 
  the 
  following 
  number 
  were 
  sold 
  

   at 
  cost 
  price 
  : 
  

  

  F. 
  G. 
  A. 
  pamphlets 
  143 
  

  

  Synopsis 
  of 
  History 
  folders 
  154 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  American 
  paintings 
  69 
  

  

  Annotated 
  Outlines 
  of 
  Study 
  21 
  

  

  Gallery 
  books 
  277 
  

  

  Floor 
  plans 
  17 
  

  

  BUHiDING 
  

  

  The 
  shop 
  has 
  been 
  occupied 
  constantly 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  repair 
  work, 
  

   the 
  making 
  of 
  stands, 
  frames, 
  and 
  easels 
  for 
  exhibition 
  galleries, 
  and 
  

   of 
  furniture 
  and 
  equipment 
  for 
  the 
  building. 
  A 
  detailed 
  report 
  of 
  

   shopwork, 
  including 
  painting, 
  accompanies 
  this 
  report 
  as 
  Appendix 
  

   C 
  (not 
  printed). 
  

  

  ATTENDANCE 
  

  

  The 
  gallery 
  has 
  been 
  open 
  every 
  day, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Mon- 
  

   days, 
  Christmas 
  Day, 
  and 
  New 
  Year's 
  Day, 
  from 
  9 
  imtil 
  4.30 
  o'clock. 
  

   The 
  total 
  attendance 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  116,303. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  Sun- 
  

   day 
  attendance 
  was 
  41,411, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  Sunday 
  attendance 
  of 
  

   796. 
  The 
  week-day 
  attendance 
  amounted 
  to 
  74,892, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  

   of 
  290. 
  Of 
  the 
  2,101 
  visitors 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  oiEces, 
  207 
  came 
  for 
  

   general 
  information, 
  20 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  museum 
  methods, 
  

   54 
  to 
  submit 
  objects 
  for 
  examination, 
  327 
  to 
  see 
  objects 
  in 
  storage, 
  

   166 
  to 
  study 
  in 
  the 
  library, 
  75 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  facsimiles 
  of 
  the 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  Manuscripts, 
  7 
  to 
  make 
  photographs 
  and 
  sketches 
  in 
  the 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion 
  galleries, 
  17 
  to 
  make 
  tracings 
  from 
  illustrated 
  books 
  in 
  the 
  

   library, 
  and 
  228 
  to 
  purchase 
  photographs. 
  Ten 
  classes, 
  in 
  groups 
  

   ranging 
  in 
  number 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  15, 
  were 
  given 
  instruction 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  

   rooms, 
  and 
  12 
  groups 
  ranging 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  40 
  persons 
  were 
  given 
  docent 
  

  

  