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  • ...Sweden with [[Cirkus Scott]] and in Germany with [[Franz Althoff Jr|Franzi Althoff]]. The flying act evolved over the years; at its height (so to speak), it i
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  • ...owed: Georg (1809-1849), Karl (1813-1860), Fanny-Adelheid (1814-1857), and Franz (1816-1896). All of them would become rope dancers and acrobats. Rudolf and Franz eventually left the family, and went on to create their own troupe of rope
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  • ...ng [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland, and [[Circus Krone]] and [[Circus Franz Althoff]] in Germany, in England at Blackpool's [[Tower Circus]] in 1952, and at th ...ls Circus to marry one of its two long-serving ringmasters, [[Frank Foster Jr|Frank Foster Jnr.]]. (Together, Frank and Dora would have a son, Francis.)
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  • ...es. (After WWII, this hybrid system was reintroduced in Germany by [[Franz Althoff]] and in Italy by the giant [[The Togni Family|Togni]] circuses). ...r-Jackson]], the jockeys [[Ricono-Sturla Troupe|Ricono-Sturlas]] and [[The Althoff Dynasty|Althoffs]], the clowns [[The Babusios|Babusios]], and many others.
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  • ...Heiress to the oldest and most important German circus dynasty, the [[The Althoff Dynasty|Althoffs]], she ran from 1945 to 1968 a very successful circus, whi ===Carola Althoff===
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  • Hans Erdmann Franz Theodor Stosch was born April 2, 1873 in Lomnitz, a village in the Province ...ceman. Together they would have two children, Hedwig (1896-1957) and Hans, Jr. (1897-1941), of whom later. Then, Hans Stosch had an epiphany that would c
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  • ...nationalist assassinated the crown prince of Austria-Hungary, the Archduke Franz Joseph; Austria declared an ultimatum to Serbia, which supported Yugoslavis ...[[Tony Bastien]], [[The Gruss Dynasty|Dédé Gruss]], and [[Little Walter, Jr.]]. In spite of the circumstances, Medrano was intent on remaining a joyous
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  • Founded by Carl Krone (1833-1900), then developed by his son, Carl Krone, Jr. (1870-1943), the Krone organization typically grew from a fairground menag After WWII and the death of Carl Krone Jr. in 1943, Circus Krone became, remarkably, a woman affair: It has been firs
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  • ...cus Barlay]] of Harry Barlay and his wife [[Carola Williams|Carola]], née Althoff. ...presence of his brother-in-law in the family combine didn’t thrill Adolf Althoff!
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  • ...ountries outside the German borders in the early postwar era. Circus Franz Althoff was also the first European circus of that era to develop an acceptable com Franz Althoff also improved the circus performing space, introducing innovative concepts
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