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    John H. Robinson created the John Robinson Circus, whose winter quarters were in Terrace Park, Ohio. "Chief", an elephant from John Robinson's circus...
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  • of the John Robinson Circus, based in Cincinnati and wintered in Terrace Park, Ohio. The John Robinson Circus became part by American Circus Corporation...
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    American Circus Corporation consisted of the Sells-Floto Circus, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, the John Robinson Circus, the Sparks Circus, and the Al...
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  • John Robinson may refer to: John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author...
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    Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling...
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    been used by Peter Robinson, Topshop, the BBC and the London Co-operative Society; these are now Grade II listed buildings. Oxford Circus remains a busy junction...
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    manifest from this ship list many members of the John Robinson Circus, which was later acquired by John Ringling, Violetta's later employer. For many years...
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    Needles, great-great-granddaughter of John Robinson, who had been a circus magnate and founder of the John Robinson Circus. They married on September 22, 1940...
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    perform his single trapeze act in the corporation's John Robinson Circus. Kelly returned to John Robinson in 1923 and was part of a program that included...
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  • Australia John Murray Robertson (1844–1901), Scottish architect John C. Robertson (1848–1913), English-American contractor and builder John Robinson (circus owner)...
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  • she met a circus performer, Professor William Heckler, who talked her into stopping shaving and got her employment with John Robinson's Circus. She tried...
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  • Tillie (elephant) (category Circus animals)
    elephant that was the mascot of the John Robinson Circus. Tillie was acquired by John Robinson, owner of the circus, in 1872. She was the leader of the...
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    1929, John Ringling bought the American Circus Corporation, which consisted of the Sells-Floto Circus, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, the John Robinson Circus...
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    elephants of their era and mentioned in several circus books. Tillie, the mascot of the John Robinson Circus known for wintering and spending her retirement...
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  • a legendary circus clown. Kelly Jr. copied his father's style. Kelly was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee on the day the John Robinson Circus, his father's...
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    Floto Circus was part of the American Circus Corporation which consisted of Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, the John Robinson Circus, the Sparks Circus, and...
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    career as a trapeze artist with the John Robinson Circus, Kelly was hired in 1932 by the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus as a clown. It was there that he first...
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    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...
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    back against these attacks.[citation needed] On June 14, 1920, the John Robinson Circus arrived in Duluth for a free parade and a one-night performance....
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    Circus clowns are a sub-genre of clowns. They typically perform at circuses and are meant to amuse, entertain and make guests laugh. There are traditionally...
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    Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores with its flagship store being situated at Oxford Circus, London. Founded in 1833 as a drapery, Robinson bought...
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    Republican U.S. senator for Ohio (2011-2023) John Robinson, famous for founding the John Robinson Circus Tillie (elephant) Terrace Park High School "Hamilton...
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    Victoria Chaplin (category 20th-century circus performers)
    Victoria Agnes Chaplin-Thierrée (born May 19, 1951) is a British-American circus performer. She is a daughter of film actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin...
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  • (name), a given name and surname Tillie (elephant), elephant in the John Robinson Circus Tropical Storm Tillie, in the 1964 Pacific hurricane season Tillie...
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    000 in 2024), along with Al G. Barnes Circus, Sells-Floto Circus, John Robinson Shows, and Sparks Circus. The circus was leased in 1938 and spent its winter...
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    a 100-person troupe with the John Robinson Circus. She fed hot biscuits, canned vegetables, and milk to the first circus performers to visit Colorado...
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  • group consisted of Richard Kahn, James Meade, Joan Robinson, Austin Robinson, and Piero Sraffa. The Circus formed immediately following the 31 October 1930...
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  • (1892–1971) is a famous circus music piece. Unlike Fučík, King grew up performing circus music joining Robinson's Famous Circus at the age of 19 as a baritone...
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  • were Eva and King Easton. In childhood, Easton went to work for the John Robinson Circus and later with the A.G. Allan Minstrel Show. He was married to performer...
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    James Anthony Bailey (category American circus owners)
    Harrison Bailey, a nephew of circus pioneer Hachaliah Bailey, and an advance man for John Robinson and Bill Lake's traveling circus. F.H. Bailey gave McGinnis...
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