"There's no Business like Show Business". This is an opportunity to share and present Circus History with others.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Barnum & Bailey - Turn of the Century
The Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth toured England and Europe from 1898 to 1902. Upon their triumphant return, the Strobridge Litho Company produced a wide variety of posters for them. These would turn out to be some of the finest pieces of American Entertainment artwork this country would ever know. The elephants were always my favorites.
I performed from 1973 to 1995 with a couple years off in between. I did an aerial cradle act for three years, low wire as a clown, trained llamas, ponies, then lions and tigers for 15 years. I am now a firefighter, a member of the Circus Historical Society and an author of several circus and carnival related subjects.
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