A Farewell to the Circus – 100 years of Original Circus PostersIn April of 1793, John Bill Ricketts, a British trick rider, presented the first circus performance as we know it today. The history of the circus in America over the next 225 years is best told by the advertising “bills” or posters which were the single largest expense of any circus. Ringling Bros. and Barnum& Bailey Strobridge l...
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