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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...
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    been started by Albert Ringling, aged 63 years, oldest of the five brothers of circus fame. "Al. Ringling Dead. Veteran Circus Man Stricken with Bright's...
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    The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or...
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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...
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  • the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and longtime Ringling clown and front man Bill Ballantine. In 1968, Ringling had only a handful...
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    (RBBX), a famous American circus formed when the Ringling Brothers Circus purchased the Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1907. Circuses in the United States began...
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    needed] When the Ringling Brothers (Alfred T., John, Charles, and Otto) were planning their own circus, they invited the Parson Brothers to join them in...
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    for the Ringling Brothers, incorporated the Circus World Museum with the intent of forming a museum of the Ringling Brothers Circus and circus history...
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    self-proclaimed professional horseman who at one time performed with the Ringling Brothers Circus. He was a long-distance rider who claimed to have won 400 races...
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    Ringling (born William Henry Ringling; 1858 – March 31, 1911) was an American Circusman, businessman, and the third oldest of the Ringling brothers....
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    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...
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    Ringling Brothers Parade Film is a 1902 short subject film produced by William Nicholas Selig. The three-minute film captures a Ringling Brothers Circus...
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    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...
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    of the remainder of her life. She also made appearances for the Ringling Brothers Circus until her death. She was interred at Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries...
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    Edward Ringling (December 2, 1863 – December 3, 1926) was one of the Ringling brothers, who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was...
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    Gargantua (gorilla) (category Circus apes)
    captive western lowland gorilla famed for being exhibited by the Ringling Brothers circus. He has been credited with saving the business from bankruptcy...
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    Baraboo is home to the Circus World Museum and the former headquarters and winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The Al. Ringling Theatre is an active...
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    proceedings had turned into a circus as things had begun to appear out of hand. The Ringling Brothers as well as Barnum & Bailey Circus were both in D.C. at the...
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  • Train Wreck". IHB. Retrieved 2024-08-22. "1942 Cleveland circus fire... Ringling Brothers Circus... - RareNewspapers.com". www.rarenewspapers.com. Retrieved...
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    performer to be billed as Koo-Koo the Bird Girl and toured with Ringling Brothers Circus. Hers was mainly a comedy act, and it involved her dancing around...
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  • Ringling may refer to: Ringling brothers, seven American siblings of one America's largest circuses Charles Edward Ringling (1863–1926), circus owner...
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    Prince Chaldean (category Circuses)
    earned his nickname "Prince Chaldean" when he toured with the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1892 onwards. He was presented as the most beautiful and heaviest...
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  • a typical circus traveled from town to town by train, performing under a huge canvas tent commonly called a "big top". The Ringling Brothers and Barnum...
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    the Ringling Brothers Circus. He gained US citizenship at the age of 30. His career spanned over 40 years and he worked with every major circus and sideshow...
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    Pat Walshe (category American circus performers)
    an animal. Shortly after, he appeared in the Ringling Brothers Circus, run by the famed Ringling Brothers. He also appeared alongside 'The Rising Generation'...
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    a property of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Combined Shows Inc., and was intended additionally to be the circus's winter headquarters...
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    a number of the surviving circus-related buildings were significantly altered or demolished. The Ringling Brothers Circus had established their winter...
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    circus in America next to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. It was based in Peru, Indiana. Al G. Barnes Circus was an American circus run...
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    in the carnival and circus businesses would spend the off season, placing it near the winter home for the Ringling Brothers Circus at Tampa, Sarasota and...
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    where Ringling Brothers Circus opened its season: "Two tiny cubs which look like young leopards were born at Tattersall's where Ringling Brothers circus is...
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