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| '''Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus''' is an American circus company billed as ''The Greatest Show on Earth''.
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| The company was started in [[1919]] when the circus created by [[James Anthony Bailey]] and [[P. T. Barnum]] was merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The Ringling brothers purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in [[1907]], but ran the circuses separately until they were finally merged in 1919. In [[1957]] John Ringling North changed the circus from using their own portable tents to using venues, such as sports stadiums that had the seating already in place. In [[1967]] Irvin Feld bought the circus, but in [[1971]] he sold it to Mattel. He bought it back in [[1982]].
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| '''Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College''' (originally located in Venice, Florida, then relocated to Baraboo, Wisconsin and finally Sarasota, Florida) trained around 1,400 clowns in the ''Ringling style'' from 1968 to 1997.
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