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  • ...Sidonia and Antonia, the daughters of an Italian circus owner, married the brothers Luigi and Girolamo [[The Biasini Family|Biasini]]—from another family ...creating a rambunctious dog act, with which he was featured notably with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] and the [[Big Apple Circus]], and Giovanni crea
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  • ...that traveled with a full Dining Department. Pike started with the Miller Brothers’ [[101 Ranch Wild West Show]], the last of the great American Wild West s ...arked on a long and rich career that would take them from "mud shows" to [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] and everything in-between, and eventually to th
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  • ...lown trio (which would form after Louis’s death in 1909), the Fratellini brothers had nonetheless sowed the seeds of a long association with the Cirque Medra ...ng year, Louis Fratellini died in Warsaw from a smallpox epidemic, and his brothers, François, Paul and Albert joined forces and formed a clown trio to help s
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  • ...z]], who was taking over the circus from the ailing and cash-strapped John Ringling. ...rk. After a twelve-day crossing, they arrived in Manhattan in time for the Ringling opening at [[Madison Square Garden]], scheduled on April 13, 1932.
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  • ...nd did some bodybuilding. In 1951, after seeing [[Harold Alzana]] in the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baily]] show at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York, G ...Harold Alzana]], the artist Mendez had emulated, and a major star of the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, was victim of a fall during the opening
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  • ...a sealion trainer. (Their son, Adolf Frohn, Jr. (1904-1955), joined the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in 1945 before settling in Marineland, F ...ent that housed three rings interspersed with two stages, like the giant [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] in the United States. But the show format began
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  • ...the name of ''Hagenbeck & Althoff'' and incorporated some of the Hagenbeck brothers’ animal acts in his show. Among the members of the new company were the [ ...were provided by the double human cannonball of the [[Raluy Family|Raluy]] brothers and the rotating airplane act of the Flying Constellations ([[The Bronleys|
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  • ...ing Brothers|Charles]]. After the Florida land-boom collapse of 1927, John Ringling brought to the city his giant circus’s winter-quarters. As a result, Sara ...ademy, part of the Circus Arts Conservatory), and became a showgirl on the Ringling show.
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  • ...significant number of circuses and circus performers since [[The Ringling Brothers|John and Charles Ringing]] moved their winter quarters there in 1927. ...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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  • ...ican circuses took on to present themselves as family organizations run by brothers—although few of them genuinely were!) ...ging trapeze act as Miss Aerialetta. In 1964, her two acts were hired by [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey]].
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  • When the United States entered WW1 in December 1917, both brothers were drafted and joined the Army. They resumed performing after the war. Th ...n multiple sea lion acts, and three of them worked in three rings with the Ringling show. The next season, Walter was working one of the sea lion acts.
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