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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey program cover at Soldier Field in Chicago. After the disastrous Hartford, Connecticut, fire of July 6, 1944, the Ringling show played without a big topThe circus tent. America: The main tent of a traveling circus, where the show is performed, as opposed to the other tops. (French, Russian: Chapiteau) at Chicago's Soldier Field stadium. There, the circus faced the notorious Chicago politics and corruption; the Chicago Park Board, which controlled Soldier Field, charged an extra 55¢ on all reserved seat passes, which went into its coffers. In addition, it controlled the concessions (the circus's candy butchers were not allowed in the stadium), and published its own sixteen-page program, whose cover is shown here. (1944) — Document: Eric Beheim Collection

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