Ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus
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The Ringling Brothers
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The Ringling brothers were seven siblings who transformed their small touring company of performers into one of America's largest circuses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born in McGregor, Iowa and raised in Baraboo, Wisconsin, they were the children of Heinrich Friedrich August Ringling (1826–1898) of Hanover, Germany and Marie Salome Juliar (1833–1907) of Ostheim, France. They merged their Ringling Brothers Circus with America's other leading circus troupes, ultimately creating the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which still tours today under their name.
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Siblings
Albert Ringling (1852–1916). He divorced his wife in 1914 and died of Bright's disease in Wisconsin.
Augustus Gustav Ringling (1854–1907).
Otto Ringling (1858–1911). He died on April 2, 1911 at the home of his brother, John on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. They were in New York for a show at Madison Square Garden.
Alfred Theodore Ringling (1861–1919), was a juggler. He had a son Richard
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Ringling Brothers: The Beginnings of the "Greatest Show on Earth" | Wisconsin Historical Society
Historical Essay
Ringling Brothers: The Beginnings of the "Greatest Show on Earth" | Wisconsin Historical Society
The Ringling Brothers Poster, 1905
A Ringling Brothers poster of "Kings of the Circus World", depicting Alfred, Al., Charles, John and Otto Ringling. View the original source document: WHI 6050
Although Wisconsin was known for the tremendous number of circuses that came from or wintered here in the 19th century, none were more renowned than the
The Ringling Bros. Circus Elephants, 1943
A group of over twenty-six Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants, standing on their rear legs with front legs resting on the elephant ahead. They perform in a circus ring inside New York City's Madison Square Garden while watched by a large audience. View the original source document: WHI 22743
Ringling Brothers Circus. Founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1884, the family of circus owners and performers became synonymous with the A
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Traveling circus company
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling, is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor have run shows from 1871, with a hiatus from 2017 to 2023. They operate as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. The circus started in 1919 when the Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth, a circus created by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey, was merged with the Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows. The Ringling brothers purchased Barnum & Bailey Ltd. in 1907 following Bailey's death in 1906, but ran the circuses separately until they were merged in 1919.[1]
After 1957, the circus no longer exhibited under its own portable "big top" tents, instead using permanent venues such as sports stadiums and arenas. In 1967, Irvin Feld and his brother Israel, along with Houston judge Roy Hofheinz, b
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