1942. Credit: AP/Anthony Camerano. Despite wartime restrictions on rail travel, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus receives special dispensation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey have been in the circus business for over 144 years, and even though it has faced controversy in recent years from animal rights groups, it's still one of the ...

When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus performs its last-ever show at Nassau Coliseum this month, it'll be marking not only the end of an American institution but the end of an era.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey dates back to 1919 as a combined circus, but go all the way back to the 19th century as separate spectacles that combined human feats of strength and agility ...

When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...

Barnum & Bailey Circus Returns. Share full article. Oct. 21, 1902. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 21, 1902, Page 9 Buy Reprints.

The new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, coming to the XL Center in Hartford May 3-5, is about massive artful distraction. They try to explain it, but they don’t need to.

Brandon Glass, the PR Manager for Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, said the acts have been revamped from when they were originally popular over a century ago.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus is back, seven years after having supposedly delivered its final death-defying act.. The comeback is big enough to warrant two Connecticut stops less ...

To give you a sense of the power of the revamped Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, I defer to the young girl seated next to me Friday night. OK, it doesn’t work as well in print because ...

She had twin siblings — Eda and Eva — who were born in Hannibal, Missouri during 1884. When they were young children, The Barnum and Bailey Circus came to Hannibal.

Elephants that are part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus eat fruit and bread in Atlantic City, N.J., in 2007. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus will draw its ...