Although this photo appears in the Al G. Barnes Sells-Floto program of 1938, it is older than that and could have been taken on Ringling-Barnum or any of the “Corporation Shows” that were purchased by John Ringling in 1929. -Chris Berry...
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey canvas crew setting up in the parking lot of Chicago’s Soldier Field, July 18, 1951. – Chris Berry (Charles Cushman...
Circus fans in the United States often tend to focus on American circuses of our youth rather than the impact of Circuses internationally. In the immediate years following World War II, European circuses became a major form of entertainment on a continent still...
Sells and Gray Circus, Edgerton, Wisconsin, July 9, 1967.Photo by Sverre O. Braathen.Special Collections at Milner Library, Illinois State University Under the Marquee is the Circus Historical Society Blog. It is a place for discussion of Circus History – Past,...
