Fred Pfening Jr. chuckled when asked whether he would be at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus this week. "Oh, I should think so," said the 83-year-old editor and publisher of Bandwagon: ...
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...
A passionate friend of the circus, John Lentz spent his life collecting and preserving circus history, from vintage circus posters to the legacy of clown Emmett Kelly. Lentz, who retired here 30 years ...
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Among the first circuses to visit Lancaster was the June & Turner’s Circus, and Spalding’s North American Circus in 1845. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Exhibition arrived in 1848 with a “splendid pavilion, ...
PLOVER – The Portage County Historical Society will welcome the Engford family circus performers again this year for Heritage Days at Heritage Park in Plover. Ruth Engford Clark, her husband, Frank ...
James Deutsch - Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Trained and created for UniverSoul Circus in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Pizza Posse marries acrobatics to ...
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...