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CIRCUS APPEARANCES
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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
1895-WALTER L. MAIN'S CIRCUS
1900s
1909-BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS
1910s
1912-BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST AND PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST 1913-Al G. BARNES CIRCUS 1915-WLSON AND TAYLOR'S WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS
1920s
1928--BOB MORTON CIRCUS
1930s
1931-Two Day Air Circus featuring Roy Hunt 1936-CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS 1938-TOM MIX CIRCUS
1940s
1944-DAILEY BROTHERS CIRCUS 1948-Bob Morton 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