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2. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Ringling Brothers Circus - Wikipedia

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   Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows is a circus founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States in 1884 by five of the seven Ringling brothers: Albert, August, Otto, Alfred T., Charles, John, and Henry. The Ringling brothers were sons of a German immigrant, August Frederick Rüngeling, who changed his name to Ringling once he settled in America.

4. Ringling brothers - Wikipedia

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   While there were seven Ringling brothers, Alfred, Charles, John, Al and Otto Ringling were the main brothers in charge of the circus shows. All of the brothers were Freemasons. [4] [5] In 1919, they merged their Ringling Brothers Circus with America's other leading circus troupe, Barnum and Bailey, ultimately creating the Ringling Bros. and ...

5. Ringling Bros. circus folding its tent after nearly 150 years

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   Jan 14 (Reuters) - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus said on Saturday it will cease performances after 146 years in business, owing to what it said were declining tickets sales and ...

6. Ringling Bros. Circus prepares for final bow of ... - AOL

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   But the "Greatest Show on Earth" truly began after 1919, when the Barnum & Bailey Circus merged with the separate Ringling Bros. circus, which had been founded in 1884 — in Baraboo.

7. History Of Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus - AOL

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   Auditions are happening now with the new cast starting to rehearse the final script next summer before embarking on a 50-city tour across North America.

8. John Ringling - Wikipedia

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   John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus.

9. How Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is reinventing the ...

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   Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey dates back to 1919 as a combined circus, but go all the way back to the 19th century as separate spectacles that combined human feats of strength and agility ...