“Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth!”
The circus has come to town and J&O is celebrating with Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey inspired fabrics and prints in honor of all the magic and magnificence the Big Top has brought to children young and old in its over 135 years of existence.
Though the official union between the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey circuses didnt occur until 1919, the entertaining of town folks by men dressed up as clowns, ladies performing eye popping acrobatic feats, wondering freaks of nature, and trainers commanding dangerous animals from exotic places, has been going on since as far back as 1871 when Dan Castello and William Cameron Coup of Delavan, Wisconsin had their group entitled ” P.T. Barnums Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome”.
From their debut in 1919 at Madison Square Garden in NY, to their final show in Pittsburg, PA on July 16, 1956, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus has managed to keep the show going through the generations as ownership was exchanged and passed down creating new and fascinating changes. To date, Ringling Bros. Circus continues to travel across the United States by rail, stopping to perform at various cities along the way.
Though modern forms of entertainment, animal rights activists and an ever demanding population of tech savvy teens have diminished the awe and excitement surrounding the circus, there will always remain a nostalgic memory of the big top for all those who have entered into the tent of daring trapeze flyers, flipping little people in clown costumes, whip snapping lion tamers, and rollerskating elephants; memories that are reawakened through our Ringling Bros themed fabrics and coordinating prints.
They say life is a three ringed circus…so Enjoy!
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