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• New York Circuses
  ...nce has been by and large completely forgotten. Yet, from the ''Circus'' [[John Bill Ricketts]] erected in Philadelphia in 1793, to New York's ''Hippotheat - British equestrian John Bill Ricketts, who had just opened the first circus in America—in Phi
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• Miss Mara
  ...ing North]], and in October of the same year, she signed a contract with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, ''The Greatest Show On Earth'', then in ...States in April 1951, where she would eventually spend six years with the Ringling show. There she would reunite with her friend, Pinito del Oro. On September
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• Flying Gaonas
  ...alacios]], with triple-somersaulter [[Lalo Palacio]], were starring in the Ringling show, and the triple, still a rarity at the time, became Tito's goal. He ca ...978, becoming the leading star act of the circus's Blue Unit. In 1974, the Ringling show featured two Flying Gaonas acts: the original one and a second troupe
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• Dolly Jacobs
  ...brated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was for decades associated with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], where he performed from 1925 to 1985. Her moth In 1948, Jean ran away and joined the circus. She became a showgirl with the Ringling Bros. This was still the era of the giant traveling big tops and circus tra
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• Darix Togni
  ...him with a group of horses; and circus luminaries such as [[John Ringling North]], [[Arturo Castilla]], [[Joseph Bouglione]], and [[Cyril Mills]] were regu
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• Alberto Zoppé
  ...he war, to his family’s circus for the duration of Alberto’s contract. North agreed. ...s in the 1948 Ringling production, conceived by Broadway director-producer John Murray Anderson, and designed by the legendary Miles White (''Oklahoma'', '
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• Harold Alzana
  ...Alzana was, from the late forties to the mid-sixties, a star fixture of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey]] Circus. His daredevil manner—working on ...potential in Harold Alzana, and the act was booked for the 1947 season of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, ''The Greatest Show On Earth''.
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• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  By 1967, [[John Ringling North]], the owner of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], had lost interest in his circus. On November 1 ...bleached-blond Siegfried in spangled costumes, designed by the flamboyant Ringling costumier, Don Foote. Gunther’s talent and charisma, and his sheer joy of
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• Charly Baumann
  ...and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, but Baumann’s asking price was to high for North. Finally, in 1957, Erie Klant ended his contract with Circus Roland. As a r ...hn Ringling North offered him once again to come to the United States with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This time, the price was right. In spite
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• Alfred Court
  ...ad already left Europe, and was performing in the United States with the [[Ringling Bros. Circus]]. ...of [[Charles Ringling]] and, in May 1914, The Orpingtons debuted with the Ringling Bros. Circus in Chicago.[[File:Orpingtons.png|thumb|left|300px|The Orpingto
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• Daniel Suskov
  ..., and trained a group of exotic animals. It is during this engagement with Ringling that his daughter, Sandrine, debuted as an animal trainer in her own right. ...d to [[Tarzan Zerbini]]. He will also present a group of white tigers from John Cuneo’s breeding farm.
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• Fritz Schulz
  ...vated by the fact that he had received a timely offer from [[John Ringling North]] to go to the United States and work with all his animals on ''The Greates ...thumb|right|380px|Fritz, Damoo Dhotre, Court, and Willy Storey (c.1945)]][[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]’s new show debuted at New York's Madison Squa
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• Con Colleano
  "The Colleanos got to Sydney and joined the King Carnival. They went north with the King Carnival, struggling all the way, but they did get good busin ...h the great Ringling circus as its center-ring attraction. His salary with Ringling went up each season, so that by the late 1930s, he was earning $1,000 per w
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• Arturo Castilla
  ...als a constellation of great equestrians ([[The Carré Dynasty|Carré]], [[John Gindl|Gindl]], [[The Mullens Family|Mullens]], [[The Picard Troupe|Picard]] ...c American circus posters (with the notable use of the attractive faces of Ringling’s iconic clowns [[Paul Jung]] and [[Lou Jacobs]])—developing a styl
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• Nadia Houcke
  ...s Verne|Municipal Circus of Amiens]] (today the Cirque Jules Verne) in the North of France. She later embarked in an international career as a high school r In 1954, she was signed by [[John Ringling North]] to be featured in the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] show, where she remained until 1956—the l
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...s most prestigious circuses, and had been a center-ring headliner with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States for seven consecuti ...]]’s talent scouts, who offered her a contract in the United States with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, ''The Greatest Show On Earth''.
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...etersburg, Russia; that same year, one of his pupils, British equestrian [[John Bill Ricketts]] (1769-1802), opened the first circus in the United States, [[File:Ringling_Program_Cover_1940.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on tour (1940)]]In 1825, [[Joshuah Purdy B
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• Circus Williams
  Carola Althoff was born on December 1, 1903 in Bad Sassendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Her father, [[The Althoff Dynasty|Dominik Althof ...a talented cat trainer and, like Gunther, a center-ring attraction with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States. Baumann found his
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• Francis Brunn
  [[File:Francis_Brunn_Poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Poster (1948)]]Franz's family was well off, and h ...Ringling North]] saw him and offered Franz and Lotti a contract to join [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus for its 1947 season. Franz and Lotti pac
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• Unus
  ...us hand balancer in the circus business, thanks notably to [[John Ringling North]], who made him a true circus star in the United States and, consequently, ...rming on stage in comfortable buildings, and living in hotels. Undeterred, North (or his agents) began to chase Unus across Spain, from one engagement to th
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