The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, or simply Ringling, is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessors have run shows from 1871, with
A Bali tiger with its tamer, Rose Flanders Bascom, in Ringling Bros (c. 1915)
Whiteface clowns Lou Jacobs and Paul Jerome (c. 1930-35)
An advertisement for the Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1900
A poster from 1898, advertising a "troupe of very remarkable trained pigs"
Charles Edward Ringling
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Charles Edward Ringling was one of the Ringling brothers, who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was in charge of production and greatly admired by the employees, who called hi
Charles Ringling mausoleum in Manasota Memorial Park
Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus Kings