CIRCUS APPEARANCES

BEING WRITTEN

CIRCUS APPEARANCES. Many circuses have entertained the citizens of Dubuque. A history of their appearances includes:

1850s

  1857-L. B. LENT'S MAMMOTH NATIONAL CIRCUS

1860s

   1864-DAN CASTELLO'S CIRCUS

1870s

   1875-HOWE'S GREAT LONDON CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE

1880s

1890s

   1891-ADAM FOREPAUGH CIRCUS
   1895-WALTER L. MAIN'S CIRCUS

1900s

   1907-BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS
   1909-Barnum and Bailey Circus

1910s

   1910-SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS
   1912-BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST AND PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST
   1913-Al G. BARNES CIRCUS
   1915-WILSON AND TAYLOR'S WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS
   1915-HAGENBECK-WALLACE CIRCUS
   1916-Hagenbeck-Wallace

1920s

   1920-YANKEE-ROBINSON WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS
   1921-Howe's Great London Circus and VAN AMBURG'S TRAINED WILD ANIMALS
   1922-Hagenbeck-Wallace
   1925-Sells-Floto Circus
   1926-ROBBINS BROTHERS CIRCUS
   1928--BOB MORTON CIRCUS
   1928-Sells-Floto Circus
   1929-Hagenbeck-Wallace
        COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS

1930s

   1931-Two Day Air Circus featuring Roy Hunt
   1931-Al G. Barnes Circus
   1932-Hagenbeck-Wallace
   1936-CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS
   1935-HAGENBECK-WALLACE AND FOREPAUGH-SELLS BROTHERS CIRCUS
   1936-LEWIS BROTHERS CIRCUS
   1937-RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY
   1938-TOM MIX CIRCUS

1940s

   1944-DAILEY BROTHERS CIRCUS
   1947-MILLS BROTHERS THREE-RING CIRCUS
   1948-Bob Morton Circus
   1948-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus
   1949-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus

1950s

  1950-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus
  1950-KING BROTHERS CIRCUS
  1951-POLACK BROTHERS SHRINE CIRCUS
  1952-Polack Brothers Shrine Circus