The American Circus Corporation consisted of the

Sells-Floto Circus The Sells Floto Circus was a combination of the Floto Dog & Pony Show and the Sells Brothers Circus that toured with sideshow acts in the United States during the early 1900s. History Frederick Gilmer Bonfils and Harry Heye Tammen owned the firs ...

, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, the

John Robinson Circus John H. Robinson created the John Robinson Circus, whose winter quarters were in Terrace Park, Ohio. Famous elephants Chief "Chief", an elephant from John Robinson's circus, killed his trainer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tillie Tillie the ...

, the

Sparks Circus Sparks may refer to: Places *Sparks, Georgia * Sparks, Kansas *Sparks, Kentucky *Sparks, Maryland * Sparks, Nebraska *Sparks, Nevada *Sparks, Oklahoma *Sparks, Texas * Sparks, Bell County, Texas * Sparks, West Virginia Books * ''Sparks'' (Raffi ...

, and the Al G. Barnes Circus. It was owned by Jerry Mugivan, Bert Bowers and

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. They sold the company in 1929 to

John Nicholas Ringling John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros World's Greatest Shows ...

for $1.7 million ($ today). With that acquisition, Ringling owned virtually every traveling circus in America.

Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was a circus that traveled across America in the early part of the 20th century. At its peak, it was the second-largest circus in America next to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. It was based in

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Al G. Barnes Circus

Al G. Barnes Circus was an American circus run by

Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse Sr. (September 1, 1862 – July 25, 1931) was the owner of the Al G. Barnes Circus. Biography Barnes was born on September 1, 1862, in Lobo, Canada West, to Thomas S. Stonehouse (1826-1882) and Sarah Barnes (1 ...

Sells Floto Circus

The

Sells Floto Circus The Sells Floto Circus was a combination of the Floto Dog & Pony Show and the Sells Brothers Circus that toured with sideshow acts in the United States during the early 1900s. History Frederick Gilmer Bonfils and Harry Heye Tammen owned the first ...

was a combination of the Otto Floto Dog and Pony Show and the Sells Brothers Circus that toured with sideshow acts in the United States during the early 1900s.

John Robinson Circus

The

was founded by

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and

Joseph Foster Joseph Foster may refer to: * Joseph Foster (politician) (born 1959), American politician in New Hampshire *Joseph Foster (genealogist) (1844–1905), English genealogist *Joey Foster (born 1982), British racing driver *Slaughter Joe (born 1960), B ...

Sparks Circus

Sparks Circus as established by

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(1863-1903). He used the name of Sparks on all of his entertainment shows and legally changed his name to John H. Sparks. He died on January 29, 1903.

References

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