The
Ringling Brothers Circus was a circus
founded in the United States in 1884.
Ringling Brothers Circus eventually
joined with the Barnum & Bailey
Circus to become Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Greatest
Show on Earth. The Ringling brothers
who founded the Circus were Albert
(1852-1916), August (1854-1907), Otto
(1858-1911), Alfred T. (1862-1919),
Charles (1864-1926), John (1866-1936),
and Henry (1869-1918). The Ringling
Brothers Circus began in 1884 using
the title "Yankee Robinson and
Ringling Brothers", the only
time the Ringlings ever gave themselves
second billing. It was a small circus
at first, conveyed by wagons, and
differed little from scores of other
little shows that transversed limited
geographic areas.
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