Theater playbill for Thiodon's mechanical exhibition at Odd-Fellows' Hall, Washington, D.C., June 12, 1860

Thiodon's mechanical exhibition of moving figures and model seasons, Odd Fellows' Hall! Moral and intellectual exhibition! Mr. J. Sanderson, well known in this city as the exhibitor of several Gems of Art, respectfully informs his friends and the public of Washington, that he has, at great expense, secured Thiodon's Museum of Art, or Animated Nature, a novel and pleasing Exhibition, being the finest mechanical exhibition ever exhibited in Washington. Actors and actresses do everything but talk. The world defied to produce their equal! Its success in all the cities of Europe was only equaled by the interest it awakened in New York City, where, for a period of 200 consecutive nights, it filled Barnum's Museum to suffocation; also 181 consecutive nights at Jayne's Hall, Philadlphia, and have just closed a brilliant engagement of 50 nights at the Maryland Institute Baltimore, eliciting the warmest enconiums from the thousands who could appreciate a combination of exquisite skill and picturesque beauty! Tuesday evening, June 12, and every evening during the week ...