Poster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The poster artwork is by Gustavo Novoa , a champion of ecology and wildlife preservation, who was commissioned to do the poster and programs ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has a rich advertising history dating back to 1871. The colorful posters that were plastered in towns across America, sometimes weeks before the ...

This photo, taken circa 1950, shows the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus’ entrance to their winter quarters, located on North Beneva Road in Sarasota. Here, the performers would set up ...

Dubbed “The Greatest Show on Earth,” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was a force to be reckoned with when the two acts merged in 1919. Sarasota became the winter quarters for the ...