This archival footage from the 1940s captures the arrival, setup, and behind-the-scenes life of a traveling circus in a small Minnesota town. The film documents the unloading of circus wagons, ...

After 146 years, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus are about to shut down for good (with their last show scheduled for May 21). This is the right thing to do for animals — but it's also the ...

Stunning never-before-seen photos of the beloved Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that traveled across America dazzling and shocking audiences in the 1940s have emerged, and the color ...

Appraisal: Circus Barn Poster, ca. 1940, in Vintage Oklahoma City. Take a look as Nicholas Lowry appraises a Circus Barn Poster, ca. 1940, in Vintage Oklahoma City.

The circus life is one of gaudy glamour, but it is also filled with danger. In the January 1930 issue of the magazine, Atlantic author and trapeze artist Jay Zarado wrote about the "thrills" of a ...

It took only one spark to destroy an entire circus. On Feb. 20, 1940, a fire destroyed the main building of the Cole Brothers & Robbins circus winter headquarters in Rochester in Fulton County. The ...

A SERIES of stunning unseen pictures capture the American circus and actors during its 1940s heyday. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, known as The Greatest Show on Earth, wowed the world ...

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