 In 1891 , McCay moved to Cincinnati , where he did more dime museum work while living in a boarding house near his workplace . He spent nine years making posters and other advertisements for the Kohl & Middleton Dime Museum , and later Heck and Avery 's Family Theater ( 1896 ) , Avery 's New Dime Museum ( 1898 ) , and Will S. Heck 's Wonder World and Theater ( 1899 ) on Vine Street . At the museum in 1896 , a demonstration of Thomas Edison 's Vitascope was given , which was likely McCay 's first exposure to the young medium of film . He also did work during this time for Ph. Morton 's printing and lithography company . McCay 's ability to draw quickly with great accuracy drew crowds when he painted advertisements in public . 
