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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:
1850s
1853-SPAULDING AND ROGERS FLOATING CIRCUS PALACE 1857-L. B. LENT'S MAMMOTH NATIONAL CIRCUS 1858-JAMES RAYMOND 1859-DAN RICE WATER CIRCUS
1860s
1864-DAN CASTELLO'S CIRCUS 1869-Dan Rice Water Circus
1870s
1871-AMES' MENAGERIE ROBINSON'S EXCELSIOR CIRCUS 1872-Dan Rice Circus COSMOPOLITAN CIRCUS, MUSEUM, AND MENAGERIE 1874-ADAM FOREPAUGH CIRCUS 1875-HOWE'S GREAT LONDON CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE 1877--DAN RICE CIRCUS 1878-VAN AMBURGH & COMPANY'S GOLDEN MENAGERIE Howe's Great London Circus 1879-WILLIAM C. COUP NEW UNITED MONSTER SHOWS COLE'S CIRCUS
1880s
1888-BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS
1890s
1891-Adam Forepaugh Circus 1895-WALTER L. MAIN'S CIRCUS
1900s
1903-BUSBY BROTHERS' CIRCUS 1906-WALLACE CIRCUS 1907-Barnum & Bailey Circus 1909-Barnum and Bailey Circus HAGENBECK-WALLACE CIRCUS
1910s
1910-SELLS-FLOTO CIRCUS 1912-BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST AND PAWNEE BILL'S FAR EAST 1913-Al G. BARNES CIRCUS MISSISSIPPI, QUEEN OF THE BIG RIVER 1914-Sells-Floto Circus 1915-WILSON AND TAYLOR'S WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS RICE AND DORE'S WATER CIRCUS Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus BILLY BOUNCER'S CIRCUS 1916-Hagenbeck-Wallace RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS 1917-Barnum & Bailey Circus
1920s
1920-YANKEE-ROBINSON WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS Sells-Floto Circus 1921-Howe's Great London Circus and VAN AMBURG'S TRAINED WILD ANIMALS 1922-Hagenbeck-Wallace GOLDENROD 1925-Sells-Floto Circus KINDRED FLYING CIRCUS 1926-ROBBINS BROTHERS CIRCUS 1927-MILLER BROTHERS 101 RANCH WILD WEST SHOW SENSATION 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 1938-TOM MIX CIRCUS
1940s
1942-MONELL BROTHERS GREAT INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS 1944-DAILEY BROTHERS CIRCUS 1945-BERTELLE'S BIRD CIRCUS 1946-Bertelle's Bird Circus 1947-MILLS BROTHERS THREE-RING CIRCUS 1948-Bob Morton Circus Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus 1949-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus
1950s
1950-Mills Brothers Three-Ring Circus
KING BROTHERS CIRCUS
1951-POLACK BROTHERS SHRINE CIRCUS
1952-Polack Brothers Shrine Circus