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Excerpt from Guide to the Halls and Galleries of the Memorial Museum Purchased With Surplus Proceeds of the California Midwinter International Exposition The total cost of the construction of 'this not inconsiderable city, which contained a fixed population during the period While the Exhibition was in progress of nearly and numbered its daily visitors by scores of thousands, cannot be exactly stated.' The expenditures of the Executive Committee for the five build in gs already alluded to, and a large structure known as Festival Hall, numerous kiosks, band stands, a grand stand for spectators to observe games and witness fireworks and other displays, reached over adjoining States, California counties, pri vate exhibitors and concessionaires of all kinds expended fully a million more, making a grand total for construction of at least $1. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.