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...
31 KB (3,496 words) - 07:06, 28 July 2024
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or...
60 KB (6,662 words) - 18:23, 30 October 2024
Beginning their tented circus in 1884, Alf T. Ringling, Al Ringling, Charles Ringling, John Ringling, and Otto Ringling soon became known as Kings Of The Circus...
11 KB (1,201 words) - 20:15, 18 August 2024
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the...
25 KB (2,970 words) - 22:11, 25 January 2024
Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD; stylized as Ringling College of Art + Design) is a private art and design school in Sarasota, Florida. It was...
15 KB (1,406 words) - 12:18, 6 October 2024
(1863–1926), circus owner John Ringling (1866–1936), circus owner Otto Ringling (1858–1911), American circusman and businessman Henry Ringling North (1909–1993)...
1 KB (165 words) - 15:50, 20 August 2020
John Ringling North (August 14, 1903 – June 4, 1985) was the president and director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1937 to 1943...
5 KB (422 words) - 18:05, 15 September 2024
United States census. It was named for John Ringling, the founder of the Ringling Brothers Circus. John Ringling and a partner, Jake Hamon, financed construction...
8 KB (619 words) - 14:18, 27 August 2024
John Ringling Causeway (also known as Ringling Bridge or Gil Waters Bridge) is a causeway that extends past the Sarasota Bay, from Sarasota to St. Armands...
8 KB (622 words) - 16:34, 26 August 2024
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...
6 KB (593 words) - 03:26, 25 October 2024
south of the John Ringling Causeway, between mainland Sarasota and St. Armands Key. Originally a small barrier island connected to the Ringling Causeway by...
5 KB (96 words) - 13:41, 26 December 2022
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College was an American circus school which trained around 1,400 clowns in the "Ringling style" from its founding...
13 KB (1,526 words) - 20:45, 29 October 2024
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...
6 KB (630 words) - 07:29, 24 October 2024
and John Ringling followed, living farther to the south. Soon, children and members of the extended family increased the presence of the Ringling family...
61 KB (7,648 words) - 00:04, 12 September 2024
of Sarasota, Florida. The island is connected to the mainland by the John Ringling Causeway. A Frenchman named Charles St. Amand bought property on the...
4 KB (424 words) - 10:39, 31 May 2024
entrepreneur, and art collector John Ringling and his wife Mable Burton Ringling. The name Cà d'Zan means "House of John" in the Venetian language; in Italian...
12 KB (1,219 words) - 01:58, 7 March 2024
and operations chief, while his brother, John Ringling North, was the president and chairman of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, founded...
3 KB (247 words) - 19:30, 19 January 2024
Florida State Road 789 (redirect from John Ringling Parkway)
state road curves southwest and becomes the John Ringling Causeway, crossing over Sarasota Bay on the Ringling Bridge. SR 789 runs across the northern part...
16 KB (1,527 words) - 19:41, 25 August 2024
Diabetes. In 1991, John and Mable Ringling and his sister, Ida Ringling North, were moved and buried at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, just...
4 KB (507 words) - 16:08, 29 October 2023
on the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art property, being placed between Bay Shore Road and Tamiami Trail, and facing south toward Ringling Plaza....
71 KB (7,070 words) - 13:45, 28 October 2024
New York Times. September 10, 1929. Retrieved 2009-02-12. John Ringling, head of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum Bailey Combined Circus, has purchased the...
8 KB (793 words) - 07:13, 19 January 2024
Charles Edward Ringling (December 2, 1863 – December 3, 1926) was one of the Ringling brothers, who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus...
7 KB (697 words) - 16:37, 23 June 2024
part of the city of Sarasota and is connected to mainland Sarasota by John Ringling Causeway. To its north is Longboat Key; to its east are Bird Key and...
9 KB (957 words) - 07:35, 1 November 2024
and Manatee. Starting in 1923, John Ringling purchased a large amount of land on Longboat Key. In February 1926, Ringling entered a contract to develop...
37 KB (3,709 words) - 16:47, 22 October 2024
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. In...
4 KB (246 words) - 17:40, 29 June 2023
interior of Paradiso Perduto. The mansion was built in 1924 by Mable and John Ringling. The façade was dressed to appear decrepit and overgrown, a gate was...
16 KB (1,862 words) - 00:22, 29 October 2024
people remain in the town today. Ringling was originally called Leader, but was renamed for John Ringling of the Ringling Brothers Circus family when the...
5 KB (320 words) - 13:07, 17 May 2024
Otto Ringling (born William Henry Ringling; 1858 – March 31, 1911) was an American Circusman, businessman, and the third oldest of the Ringling brothers...
5 KB (544 words) - 01:11, 15 April 2024
the last day of the John Robinson season, Emmett Kelly Jr. was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee. On September 12, 1929, John Ringling purchased the American...
37 KB (5,581 words) - 22:47, 6 August 2024
career, Burke's brother-in-law and comrade in arms John Ringling North hired him for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as an executive director...
14 KB (1,701 words) - 00:11, 20 September 2024