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  • ...history, Lou Jacobs's career spanned 62 years, 60 of which he spent with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]. Jacobs (1902-1992) was born Johann Ludwig Jaco ...omedy act with a contortionist named Davis, who had signed a contract with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for the 1925 season.
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  • ...ow on Shakespeare’s clowns. As fate had it, he saw in a newspaper that [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] was holding auditions for its [[Clown College]] ...limited view. I was into theater…" Upon graduation (the year was 1979), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey offered him a contract. Thus Tom Dougherty toured
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  • ...ad already left Europe, and was performing in the United States with the [[Ringling Bros. Circus]]. ...of [[Charles Ringling]] and, in May 1914, The Orpingtons debuted with the Ringling Bros. Circus in Chicago.[[File:Orpingtons.png|thumb|left|300px|The Orpingto
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  • Daniel Suskov was born May 25, 1949 in Paris, France. His father, [[Otto Suskov]], had been one of [[Alfred Court]]’s assistant trainers, before e ..., and trained a group of exotic animals. It is during this engagement with Ringling that his daughter, Sandrine, debuted as an animal trainer in her own right.
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  • ...was motivated by the fact that he had received a timely offer from [[John Ringling North]] to go to the United States and work with all his animals on ''The G ...itz Schulz, [[Joseph Walsh]], Harry and [[May Kovar]], [[Damoo Dhotre]], [[Otto Suskov]], and Court’s nephew, William Storey), and all his equipment in L
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  • [[File:Ringling_Program_Cover_1940.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on tour (1940)]]In 1825, [[Joshuah Purdy B ...ailey, which they combined with their own circus in 1919 under the title [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Combined Shows.
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  • ...Mills]] and his sons [[Cyril Mills|Cyril and Bernard]] in England, [[John Ringling North]] in the United States, and before them, [[Hans Stosch-Sarrasani|Hans ...and agent. At the outbreak of WWII, Jérôme would send Vasconcellos to [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States, where the famous e
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  • ...ly round circus tents. In the 1950s Peter Stromeyer, was contacted by Frei Otto (1925-2015), a young architect interested in understanding the potential of ...in the spring of 1963, the collaboration between Peter Stromeyer and Frei Otto finally gave Franz Althoff the most revolutionary big top concept of the ti
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  • ...home to a significant number of circuses and circus performers since [[The Ringling Brothers|John and Charles Ringing]] moved their winter quarters there in 19 ...hoto of the Inductees (2022)|400px|left]]Sarasota was the winter home of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey]] Circus, as well as home to several other circuses
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