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CIRCUS APPEARANCES. Many circuses have entertained the citizens of Dubuque. A history of their appearances includes: | |||
1830s | |||
1837--Lafayette Circus Company (Oldt, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa''', p. 59) | |||
1840s | |||
1849--Southwestern Circus (Oldt, p. 84) | |||
1850s | 1850s | ||
1853-[[SPAULDING AND ROGERS FLOATING CIRCUS PALACE]] | 1853-[[SPAULDING AND ROGERS FLOATING CIRCUS PALACE]] | ||
1856-North's Great Circus (Oldt, p. 115) | |||
1857-[[L. B. LENT'S MAMMOTH NATIONAL CIRCUS]] | 1857-[[L. B. LENT'S MAMMOTH NATIONAL CIRCUS]] | ||
[[LEVI J. NORTH'S NATIONAL CIRCUS]] | |||
[[HERR DRIESBACH AND COMPANY'S MENAGERIE AND CIRCUS AND S. P. STICKNEY'S GREAT SOUTHERN CIRCUS]] | |||
1858-[[JAMES RAYMOND]] | 1858-[[JAMES RAYMOND]] | ||
1859-[[DAN RICE WATER CIRCUS]] | 1859-[[DAN RICE WATER CIRCUS]] | ||
1860s | 1860s | ||
1861-[[R. SANDS GRAND MULTIEERIAL COMBINATION CIRCUS AND HOMOHIPPOCAL AMPHITHEATRE]] | 1861-[[R. SANDS GRAND MULTIEERIAL COMBINATION CIRCUS AND HOMOHIPPOCAL | ||
AMPHITHEATRE]] | |||
Dan Rice Water Circus | Dan Rice Water Circus | ||
1863-[[CASTELLO'S AND VAN VLECK'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS]] | 1863-[[CASTELLO'S AND VAN VLECK'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS]] | ||
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1865-[[LENT'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS]] | 1865-[[LENT'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS]] | ||
[[HOWE'S CHAMPION CIRCUS]] | [[HOWE'S CHAMPION CIRCUS]] | ||
1866-[[MIKE LIPMAN'S COLOSSAL COMBINATION OF CIRCUS AND TRAINED ANIMALS]] | 1866-[[MIKE LIPMAN'S COLOSSAL COMBINATION OF CIRCUS AND TRAINED | ||
ANIMALS]] | |||
[[DAN CASTELLO'S GREAT SHOW]] | [[DAN CASTELLO'S GREAT SHOW]] | ||
[[YANKEE ROBINSON'S GREAT CONSOLIDATIONS]] | [[YANKEE ROBINSON'S GREAT CONSOLIDATIONS]] | ||
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[[PARIS PAVILION CIRCUS]] | [[PARIS PAVILION CIRCUS]] | ||
[[GREAT TRANS-ATLANTIC EXPOSITION]] | [[GREAT TRANS-ATLANTIC EXPOSITION]] | ||
[[W. W. COLE'S GREAT NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS ZOOLOGICAL | |||
EQUESTRIAN EXPOSITION]] | |||
1874-ROBINSON'S EXCELSIOR CIRCUS | 1874-ROBINSON'S EXCELSIOR CIRCUS | ||
[[GREAT EASTERN CIRCUS]] | [[GREAT EASTERN CIRCUS]] | ||
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[[BUCKLEY'S HIPPODROME]] | [[BUCKLEY'S HIPPODROME]] | ||
1875-[[HOWE'S GREAT LONDON CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE]] | 1875-[[HOWE'S GREAT LONDON CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE]] | ||
Barnum's Hippodrome | |||
Cole's Circus | |||
Robinson's Excelsior Circus | |||
1877-[[DAN RICE CIRCUS]] | 1877-[[DAN RICE CIRCUS]] | ||
[[P. T. BARNUM'S GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH]] | [[P. T. BARNUM'S GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH]] | ||
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1879-[[WILLIAM C. COUP NEW UNITED MONSTER SHOWS]] | 1879-[[WILLIAM C. COUP NEW UNITED MONSTER SHOWS]] | ||
Cole's Circus | Cole's Circus | ||
W. W. Cole's Great New York and New Orleans Zoological and | |||
Equestrian Exposition | |||
1880s | 1880s | ||
1880-Cole's Circus | 1880-Cole's Circus | ||
-P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth | -P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth | ||
1882-William C. Coup New United Monster Shows | 1882-William C. Coup New United Monster Shows | ||
[[SELLS BROTHERS' CIRCUS]] | [[SELLS BROTHERS' CIRCUS]] | ||
1885-Sells Brothers'Circus | Skiff & Gaylord European Circus | ||
1884-Great Forepaugh Show | |||
1885-Sells Brothers' Circus | |||
1886-P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth | 1886-P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth | ||
1887-ten cent circus on June 7 aboard the steamer "Mike Davis" | 1887-ten cent circus on June 7 aboard the steamer "Mike Davis" | ||
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1895-[[WALTER L. MAIN'S CIRCUS]] | 1895-[[WALTER L. MAIN'S CIRCUS]] | ||
1896-[[BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW]] | 1896-[[BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW]] | ||
[[LA PEARL'S CIRCUS]] | |||
1897-Barnum and Bailey Circus | |||
1898-Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | 1898-Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | ||
[[WALLACE CIRCUS]] | [[WALLACE CIRCUS]] | ||
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Wallace Brothers' Circus | Wallace Brothers' Circus | ||
[[JABOUR CARNIVAL AND CIRCUS COMPANY]] | [[JABOUR CARNIVAL AND CIRCUS COMPANY]] | ||
1904-Barnum and Bailey Circus | |||
1905-[[PARKER AMUSEMENT COMPANY]] | |||
Carl Hagenbeck Trained Animal Show | |||
1906-Wallace Circus | 1906-Wallace Circus | ||
Barnum & Bailey Circus | |||
Ringling Brothers' Circus | Ringling Brothers' Circus | ||
Wallace Brothers' Circus | Wallace Brothers' Circus | ||
1907-Barnum & Bailey Circus | 1907-Barnum & Bailey Circus | ||
[[PAWNEE BILL WILD WEST SHOW]] | |||
1908-Ringling Brothers Circus | 1908-Ringling Brothers Circus | ||
1909-Barnum and Bailey Circus | 1909-Barnum and Bailey Circus | ||
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1910s | 1910s | ||
1910-[[SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS]] | 1910-[[SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS]] | ||
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus]] | |||
1911-Sells-Floto Circus | 1911-Sells-Floto Circus | ||
1912-[[BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST AND PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST]] | 1912-[[BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST AND PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST]] | ||
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1917-Barnum & Bailey Circus | 1917-Barnum & Bailey Circus | ||
[[YANKEE-ROBINSON WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS]] | [[YANKEE-ROBINSON WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS]] | ||
1919-[[F. M. BARNES' HIPPODROME AND CIRCUS]] | |||
1920s | 1920s | ||
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Sells-Floto Circus | Sells-Floto Circus | ||
[[JOHN ROBINSON'S CIRCUS ELEPHANTS]] | [[JOHN ROBINSON'S CIRCUS ELEPHANTS]] | ||
1921-Howe's Great London Circus and [[VAN AMBURG'S TRAINED WILD ANIMALS]] | 1921-Howe's Great London Circus and [[VAN AMBURG'S TRAINED WILD | ||
ANIMALS]] | |||
[[NAT REISS CARNIVAL]] | |||
1922-Hagenbeck-Wallace | 1922-Hagenbeck-Wallace | ||
[[ROBBINS BROTHERS CIRCUS]] | |||
[[GOLDENROD]] | [[GOLDENROD]] | ||
1923-[[CON T. KENNEDY SHOWS]] | |||
1925-Sells-Floto Circus | 1925-Sells-Floto Circus | ||
[[KINDRED FLYING CIRCUS]] | [[KINDRED FLYING CIRCUS]] | ||
1926- | 1926- Robbins Bros.' Circus | ||
[[SELLAR'S ORIGINAL OPEN ARENA THREE-RING CIRCUS]] | [[SELLAR'S ORIGINAL OPEN ARENA THREE-RING CIRCUS]] | ||
1927-Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show | 1927-Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show | ||
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1928-[[BOB MORTON CIRCUS]] | 1928-[[BOB MORTON CIRCUS]] | ||
Sells-Floto Circus | Sells-Floto Circus | ||
Coe Brothers | |||
1929-Hagenbeck-Wallace | 1929-Hagenbeck-Wallace | ||
1930s | 1930s | ||
1930-[[RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY]] | 1930-[[RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY]] | ||
[[GREAT LACHMAN AND CARSON SHOWS (THE)]] | |||
1931-[[TWO-DAY AIR CIRCUS FEATURING ROY HUNT]] | 1931-[[TWO-DAY AIR CIRCUS FEATURING ROY HUNT]] | ||
Al G. Barnes Circus | Al G. Barnes Circus | ||
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Dan Rice Circus | Dan Rice Circus | ||
1937-Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey | 1937-Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey | ||
[[FAIRLY-MARTON SHOWS]] | |||
1938-[[TOM MIX CIRCUS]] | 1938-[[TOM MIX CIRCUS]] | ||
[[COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS]] | |||
Seils-Sterling Circus | |||
1939-[[AMERICAN AIR CIRCUS]] | |||
1940s | 1940s | ||
1940-[[RUBIN-CHERRY EXPOSITION SHOWS]] | 1940-[[RUBIN-CHERRY EXPOSITION SHOWS]] | ||
[[WEST BROTHERS SHOWS]] | |||
1942-[[MONELL BROTHERS GREAT INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS]] | 1942-[[MONELL BROTHERS GREAT INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS]] | ||
[[LEWIS BROTHERS' THREE-RING CIRCUS]] | [[LEWIS BROTHERS' THREE-RING CIRCUS]] | ||
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1945-[[BERTELLE'S BIRD CIRCUS]] | 1945-[[BERTELLE'S BIRD CIRCUS]] | ||
1946-Bertelle's Bird Circus | 1946-Bertelle's Bird Circus | ||
[[WONDER SHOWS OF AMERICA]] | |||
1947-[[MILLS BROTHERS THREE-RING CIRCUS]] | 1947-[[MILLS BROTHERS THREE-RING CIRCUS]] | ||
1948-Bob Morton Circus | 1948-Bob Morton Circus | ||
Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus | Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus | ||
1949-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus | 1949-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus | ||
AmVets Air Circus | |||
Civil Air Patrol Air Show | |||
1950s | 1950s | ||
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1952-Polack Brothers Shrine Circus | 1952-Polack Brothers Shrine Circus | ||
[[ROGER BROTHERS' CIRCUS]] | [[ROGER BROTHERS' CIRCUS]] | ||
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey | |||
1953-Polack Brothers Shrine Circus | |||
1954-Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey | |||
1958-[[CLYDE BEATTY CIRCUS]] | 1958-[[CLYDE BEATTY CIRCUS]] | ||
1959-[[CHRISTIANI BROTHERS' CIRCUS]] | 1959-[[CHRISTIANI BROTHERS' CIRCUS]] | ||
Wonder Brothers' Circus (part of county fair) | |||
[[Category: Circus]] | [[Category: Circus]] |
Latest revision as of 01:16, 15 June 2021
CIRCUS APPEARANCES. Many circuses have entertained the citizens of Dubuque. A history of their appearances includes:
1830s
1837--Lafayette Circus Company (Oldt, History of Dubuque County, Iowa, p. 59)
1840s
1849--Southwestern Circus (Oldt, p. 84)
1850s
1853-SPAULDING AND ROGERS FLOATING CIRCUS PALACE 1856-North's Great Circus (Oldt, p. 115) 1857-L. B. LENT'S MAMMOTH NATIONAL CIRCUS LEVI J. NORTH'S NATIONAL CIRCUS HERR DRIESBACH AND COMPANY'S MENAGERIE AND CIRCUS AND S. P. STICKNEY'S GREAT SOUTHERN CIRCUS 1858-JAMES RAYMOND 1859-DAN RICE WATER CIRCUS
1860s
1861-[[R. SANDS GRAND MULTIEERIAL COMBINATION CIRCUS AND HOMOHIPPOCAL AMPHITHEATRE]] Dan Rice Water Circus 1863-CASTELLO'S AND VAN VLECK'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS GEORGE F. BAILEY AND COMPANY'S GRAND CIRCUS 1864-DAN CASTELLO'S CIRCUS JAMES MELVILLE'S AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS HOWE'S GREAT EUROPEAN CIRCUS 1865-LENT'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS HOWE'S CHAMPION CIRCUS 1866-[[MIKE LIPMAN'S COLOSSAL COMBINATION OF CIRCUS AND TRAINED ANIMALS]] DAN CASTELLO'S GREAT SHOW YANKEE ROBINSON'S GREAT CONSOLIDATIONS G. W. DELIHAVEN'S CIRCUS 1867-HAIGHT AND CHAMBERS' COLLOSSAL (sic) CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE J. M. FRENCH'S GRAND ORIENTAL CIRCUS 1869-Dan Rice Water Circus
1870s
1871-AMES' MENAGERIE ROBINSON'S EXCELSIOR CIRCUS OLDER'S MUSEUM, CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE 1872-Dan Rice Circus COSMOPOLITAN CIRCUS, MUSEUM, AND MENAGERIE GREAT EASTERN MUSEUM, MENAGERIE, AVIARY CIRCUS 1873-L. B. Lent's Mammoth National Circus COLE'S CIRCUS PARIS PAVILION CIRCUS GREAT TRANS-ATLANTIC EXPOSITION [[W. W. COLE'S GREAT NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS ZOOLOGICAL EQUESTRIAN EXPOSITION]] 1874-ROBINSON'S EXCELSIOR CIRCUS GREAT EASTERN CIRCUS GREAT FOREPAUGH SHOW BUCKLEY'S HIPPODROME 1875-HOWE'S GREAT LONDON CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE Barnum's Hippodrome Cole's Circus Robinson's Excelsior Circus 1877-DAN RICE CIRCUS P. T. BARNUM'S GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH 1878-VAN AMBURGH & COMPANY'S GOLDEN MENAGERIE Howe's Great London Circus 1879-WILLIAM C. COUP NEW UNITED MONSTER SHOWS Cole's Circus W. W. Cole's Great New York and New Orleans Zoological and Equestrian Exposition
1880s
1880-Cole's Circus -P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth 1882-William C. Coup New United Monster Shows SELLS BROTHERS' CIRCUS Skiff & Gaylord European Circus 1884-Great Forepaugh Show 1885-Sells Brothers' Circus 1886-P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth 1887-ten cent circus on June 7 aboard the steamer "Mike Davis" Sells Brothers' Circus-advertised by skipped town 1888-BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS 1889-EUGENE ROBINSON'S DOG AND GOAT CIRCUS HOLLAND AND GORMLEY'S CIRCUS FOREPAUGH AND THE WILD WEST
1890s
1890-MILES ORTON CIRCUS P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth 1891-ADAM FOREPAUGH CIRCUS Eugene Robinson's Dog and Goat Circus 1894-COOK AND WHITBY CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE 1895-WALTER L. MAIN'S CIRCUS 1896-BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW LA PEARL'S CIRCUS 1897-Barnum and Bailey Circus 1898-Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show WALLACE CIRCUS RINGLING BROTHERS' CIRCUS 1899-LEMEN BROTHERS' CIRCUS
1900s
1902-GEORGE JABOUR ORIENTAL CIRCUS 1903-BUSBY BROTHERS' CIRCUS Wallace Brothers' Circus JABOUR CARNIVAL AND CIRCUS COMPANY 1904-Barnum and Bailey Circus 1905-PARKER AMUSEMENT COMPANY Carl Hagenbeck Trained Animal Show 1906-Wallace Circus Barnum & Bailey Circus Ringling Brothers' Circus Wallace Brothers' Circus 1907-Barnum & Bailey Circus PAWNEE BILL WILD WEST SHOW 1908-Ringling Brothers Circus 1909-Barnum and Bailey Circus HAGENBECK-WALLACE CIRCUS
1910s
1910-SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus]] 1911-Sells-Floto Circus 1912-BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST AND PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST GREATER PARKER SHOWS (THE) 1913-Al G. BARNES CIRCUS MISSISSIPPI, QUEEN OF THE BIG RIVER 1914-Sells-Floto Circus A. B. MILLER'S GREATER SHOWS 1915-WILSON AND TAYLOR'S WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS RICE AND DORE'S WATER CIRCUS Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus BILLY BOUNCER'S CIRCUS MILLER BROTHERS 101 RANCH WILD WEST SHOW 1916-Hagenbeck-Wallace Ringling Brothers Circus 1917-Barnum & Bailey Circus YANKEE-ROBINSON WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS 1919-F. M. BARNES' HIPPODROME AND CIRCUS
1920s
1920-Yankee Robinson Wild Animal Circus Sells-Floto Circus JOHN ROBINSON'S CIRCUS ELEPHANTS 1921-Howe's Great London Circus and [[VAN AMBURG'S TRAINED WILD ANIMALS]] NAT REISS CARNIVAL 1922-Hagenbeck-Wallace ROBBINS BROTHERS CIRCUS GOLDENROD 1923-CON T. KENNEDY SHOWS 1925-Sells-Floto Circus KINDRED FLYING CIRCUS 1926- Robbins Bros.' Circus SELLAR'S ORIGINAL OPEN ARENA THREE-RING CIRCUS 1927-Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show SENSATION Hagenbeck-Wallace 1928-BOB MORTON CIRCUS Sells-Floto Circus Coe Brothers 1929-Hagenbeck-Wallace
1930s
1930-RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY GREAT LACHMAN AND CARSON SHOWS (THE) 1931-TWO-DAY AIR CIRCUS FEATURING ROY HUNT Al G. Barnes Circus 1932-Hagenbeck-Wallace 1934-BARNETT BROTHERS' CIRCUS 1935-HAGENBECK-WALLACE AND FOREPAUGH-SELLS BROTHERS CIRCUS 1936-CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS LEWIS BROTHERS CIRCUS SEILS-STERLING CIRCUS Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Dan Rice Circus 1937-Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey FAIRLY-MARTON SHOWS 1938-TOM MIX CIRCUS COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS Seils-Sterling Circus 1939-AMERICAN AIR CIRCUS
1940s
1940-RUBIN-CHERRY EXPOSITION SHOWS WEST BROTHERS SHOWS 1942-MONELL BROTHERS GREAT INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS LEWIS BROTHERS' THREE-RING CIRCUS 1944-DAILEY BROTHERS CIRCUS 1945-BERTELLE'S BIRD CIRCUS 1946-Bertelle's Bird Circus WONDER SHOWS OF AMERICA 1947-MILLS BROTHERS THREE-RING CIRCUS 1948-Bob Morton Circus Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus 1949-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus AmVets Air Circus Civil Air Patrol Air Show
1950s
1950-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus KING BROTHERS CIRCUS 1951-POLACK BROTHERS SHRINE CIRCUS 1952-Polack Brothers Shrine Circus ROGER BROTHERS' CIRCUS Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey 1953-Polack Brothers Shrine Circus 1954-Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey 1958-CLYDE BEATTY CIRCUS 1959-CHRISTIANI BROTHERS' CIRCUS Wonder Brothers' Circus (part of county fair)