The splendid exhibit made by California proved one of the principal
attractions of the Exposition. It became to be the general remark
that if you did not see the Government exhibit and the California
exhibit you did not see the show. As a consequence all who attended the
Exposition visited the California building, and as may be supposed, we
had a crowd passing through the exhibits all the time the building was
open. The average attendance at the Exposition was close to 25,000 a
day; allowing that each visitor spent two days on the grounds, and that
in one of the two days practically all visited our building, it may be
estimated that the number who inspected the California exhibits daily
was about 12,000. This we believe is a fair estimate.