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[[Image:ringling.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Source: Wikipedia]]RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY. The combined show came to Dubuque in 1930. (1) It was advertised then as having five-rings of entertainment and a "tribe of genuine Ubangi savages." In 1937 Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey had three circus winter headquarters that were active farms in the summer: 2,500 acres in Saratosa, Florida; 2,200 acres in Peru, Indiana; and 1,800 acres in Baldwin Park, California. (2) | [[Image:ringling.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Source: Wikipedia]]RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY. The combined show came to Dubuque in 1930. (1) It was advertised then as having five-rings of entertainment and a "tribe of genuine Ubangi savages." In 1937 Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey had three circus winter headquarters that were active farms in the summer: 2,500 acres in Saratosa, Florida; 2,200 acres in Peru, Indiana; and 1,800 acres in Baldwin Park, California. (2) The circus came to Dubuque again on August 31, 1937. | ||
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RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY. The combined show came to Dubuque in 1930. (1) It was advertised then as having five-rings of entertainment and a "tribe of genuine Ubangi savages." In 1937 Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey had three circus winter headquarters that were active farms in the summer: 2,500 acres in Saratosa, Florida; 2,200 acres in Peru, Indiana; and 1,800 acres in Baldwin Park, California. (2) The circus came to Dubuque again on August 31, 1937.
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1. "Five-Ring Circus Coming on August 15th," Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, August 3, 1930, p. 12
2. "What It Takes to Manage 'Greatest Show on Earth," Telegraph-Herald, August 29, 1937, p. 16