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The Ringlings acquired the Yankee Robinson Circus and opened a joint show on May 19, 1884. This brought them to the attention of James Anthony Bailey of Barnum & Bailey. The brothers later met with Bailey and agreed to divide some territory. This was followed by the purchase of a half share of the Adam Forepaugh Sells Brothers Circus from
Looking backward thirty-three weeks with a circus: a complete history of the John Robinson's ten big shows for the season of 1905 by Doc Waddell (Book) John Robinson's Circus and the magnificent newly added spectacle "Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt" a stupendous portrayal of the most powerful story in ancient history, will exhibit at Terre Haute Thu.
In 1851 only "Yankee" Robinson's company toured in their tented theatre. By 1927, The New York Times estimated that 400 tent theatre companies had visited 18,000 communities and played to 76,800,000 customers while 500 legitimate theatres across the U.S. had played to only 48,000,000 customers.
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The American Circus Corporation consisted of the Sells-Floto Circus, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, the John Robinson Circus, the Sparks Circus, and the Al G. Barnes Circus. It was owned by Jerry Mugivan, Bert Bowers and Ed Ballard. They sold the company in 1929 to John Nicholas Ringling for $1.7 million ($30.2 million today). With that ...
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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.
Fans watching World Series Game 4 couldn't help but find that the Yankees fan ejected for interference has "such Tim Robinson character energy."