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CIRCUS APPEARANCES
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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
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 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 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 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 1929-Hagenbeck-Wallace
1930s
1930-RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY 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 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)