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1900 - 1909 1910 - 1919 1920 - 1929 1930 - 1939 1940 - 1952
Thanks to the Circus Fans Association of America for permission to publish this information from White Tops.
Published in the Circus Fans Association of America's periodical White Tops in the 1960s, Charles Gates Sturtevant compiled this list of circus performances in early times in America, and of the later organized travelling circuses for each year down to 1952. He compiled this valuable resource from the records of newspapers, theatrical and sporting journals, programs, bills, posters, route books and other sources. There will be typographical and other errors in this information. Additional sources should be used to confirm the information. Optical Character recognition (OCR) was used for this online edition. Sources and Abbreviations Sturtevant uses.
Information should be confirmed with additional sources.
| 1910 | Barnum & Bailey (Clipper Apr 2 1910) |
| 1910 | Ringling Bros (Clipper Apr 16 1910) |
| 1910 | Forepaugh-Sells (Clipper May 7 1910) |
| 1910 | Hagenbeck-Wallace (Clipper May 14 1910) |
| 1910 | John Robinson (50- 2 cars) (Clipper Apr 30 1910) |
| 1910 | Sells-Floto (31 cars) |
| 1910 | Frank A Robbins (BB Oct 29 1910) (Clipper Apr 23 1910) |
| 1910 | Campbell Bros (15-2 cars) (Clipper Apr 30 1910) |
| 1910 | Howes Great London (18 cars) (BB Apr 24, Clipper Apr 24 1910) |
| 1910 | Yankee Robinson |
| 1910 | Gollmar Bros (20-2 cars) (Clipper May 14 1910) |
| 1910 | Norris & Rowe (23 cars sold June 10) (Clipper May 31, Apr 23 1910) |
| 1910 | Al G Barnes |
| 1910 | J H Sparks (10 cars) |
| 1910 | Sun Bros (Clipper D 10 1910) |
| 1910 | Gentry Bros #1 |
| 1910 | Gentry Bros #2 |
| 1910 | Al F Wheeler |
| 1910 | Cole & Rogers |
| 1910 | Mackays European |
| 1910 | Dode Fisk |
| 1910 | Howard Starrett |
| 1910 | Mighty Haag |
| 1910 | M L Clark |
| 1910 | Dan Robinsons' Famous |
| 1910 | Heber Bros |
| 1910 | Lucky Bill (Wm Newton Jr) |
| 1910 | Honest Bill (Wrn Newton Sr) |
| 1910 | Downies Wild Animal Circus (Clipper May 21 1910) |
| 1910 | Wiedemann Bros |
| 1910 | Warren (B & WJ) Bros |
| 1910 | J F Hatch |
| 1910 | Silvers' Show |
| 1910 | La Mont Bros |
| 1910 | Great Wagner Show (Jolly Jenaro Pr) |
| 1910 | Coulter & Coulter |
| 1910 | Rippel Bros |
| 1910 | Smith's Greater |
| 1910 | King & Tucker ? |
| 1910 | Fred Locke |
| 1910 | Bonheur Bros |
| 1910 | J E Henry |
| 1910 | Burks Circus (C E Beyerle Pr) |
| 1910 | Beach & Bowers |
| 1910 | Rhoda Royals Winter Circus |
| 1910 | Ricardo Bell Circus (Mexico last year) |
| 1910 | Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill Combined (Clipper May 7 1910) |
| 1910 | 101 Ranch Wild West |
| 1910 | Young Buffalo Wild West |
| 1910 | Carlisles Wild West |
| 1910 | Buckskin Bens' Wild West |
| 1910 | Jones Bros Buffalo Ranch Wild West |
| 1910 | Kennedy's XIT Ranch Wild West |
| 1910 | Mulhalls' Wild West |
| 1910 | Tiger Bills' Wild West |
| 1911 | Barnum & Bailey (84 cars) (BB Apr 1 1911 (Clipper Apr 1 1911 ) |
| 1911 | Ringling Bros (BB Apr 8 1911, Clipper Apr 8 1911) |
| 1911 | Forepaugh-Sells (BB May 6 1911) (Clipper Apr 15, May 13 1911 ) |
| 1911 | Hagenbeck-Wallace (BB Apr 29 1911) |
| 1911 | John Robinson (50 cars) (BB Apr 29 1911) (Clipper May 13 1911) |
| 1911 | Sells-Floto |
| 1911 | Campbell Bros |
| 1911 | Gollmar Bros (BB May 27 1911) |
| 1911 | Howes London (16 cars) (Mugiven & Bowers) |
| 1911 | Dan Robinson Circus (18 cars) (Geo Little & H E Abbott Prs) (Bought in by Fess Doerr & Carroll) (BB My 13, Clipper Mch 25 1911) |
| 1911 | Sanger Bros (Mugiven & Bowers) |
| 1911 | Frank A Robbins (16 cars) (Clipper Apr 8, May 6 1911) |
| 1911 | Al G Barnes |
| 1911 | Sparks Circus |
| 1911 | Sun Bros (Clipper Apr 29 1911) |
| 1911 | Downie & Wheeler |
| 1911 | Cole & Rice (8 -1 cars) |
| 1911 | Gentry Bros # 1 |
| 1911 | Gentry Bros #2 |
| 1911 | Welsh Bros (Clipper Apr 8, 29, 1911) |
| 1911 | E. Haag |
| 1911 | Sig Sautelle (Clipper July 22 1911) |
| 1911 | La Mont Bros |
| 1911 | M L Clark & Sons (Clipper Apr 29 1911) |
| 1911 | Honest Bill |
| 1911 | Lucky Bill |
| 1911 | Hunts Silver Plate |
| 1911 | Geo S Ely |
| 1911 | Heber Bros |
| 1911 | Yankee Robinson (BB May 13 1911) |
| 1911 | De Homan Bros |
| 1911 | Howard Starrett (Clipper May 13 1911) |
| 1911 | Jones Bros |
| 1911 | Bert Silver |
| 1911 | Henry's Circus |
| 1911 | Bobby Fountain |
| 1911 | Mollie Bailey (2 cars) (BB Mch 4 1911) (Clipper Apr 1 1911) |
| 1911 | Billie Bennett |
| 1911 | Kinnies Circus |
| 1911 | Chas N Harris (Clipper Aug 19 1911) |
| 1911 | Jno Grahams' One Ring Circus |
| 1911 | Richards Bros |
| 1911 | E G Smith |
| 1911 | Ed P Barlow |
| 1911 | Bonheur Bros |
| 1911 | Eschman’s Circus |
| 1911 | Cole & Rogers |
| 1911 | Great Wagner (Jolly Jenaro) |
| 1911 | John T Backman |
| 1911 | N Harry Cancie Show |
| 1911 | Wiedemann Bros |
| 1911 | Devaux's Dog & Pony Show |
| 1911 | Polacks' Winter Circus |
| 1911 | Royal & Adams Indoor |
| 1911 | Buffalo & Pawnee Bill Wild West Combination. |
| 1911 | 101 Ranch Wild West (BB Apr 15 1911 ) (Clipper My 6 1911) |
| 1911 | Young Buffalo Wild West (Clipper Mch 25 & Apr 29 1911) |
| 1911 | Ben Holmes Wild West |
| 1911 | Circle "C" Wild West |
| 1911 | Kit Carson's Buffalo Ranch Wild West |
| 1911 | Nebraska Bills' Wild West |
| 1911 | King Carlos' Wild West |
| 1911 | California Frank's Wild West |
| 1911 | Kemps' Wild West |
| 1911 | Col Idaho Bills Wild West |
| 1911 | Shipp & Feltus (in Cent. America) |
| 1912 | Barnum & Bailey (BB Mch 30 1912) (Clipper Mch 30 1912) |
| 1912 | Ringling Bros (BB Apr 13 1912) (Clipper Apr 13 1912) |
| 1912 | Hagenbeck-Wallace (BB Apr 27 1912) (Clipper Apr 27 1912) |
| 1912 | Sells-Floto (BB Apr 13 1911) (Clipper Mch 16 1912) |
| 1912 | Frank A Robbins (Clipper Mch 16 & My 4 1912) |
| 1912 | Howes London (Mugiven & Bowers) (Clipper May 25 1912) |
| 1912 | Campbell Bros (25 cars) |
| 1912 | Al G Barnes (Clipper Apr 20 1912) |
| 1912 | Gollmar Bros (Clipper May 4 1912) |
| 1912 | Downie & Wheeler |
| 1912 | Yankee Robinson (Fred Buchanan Pr) (Clipper Jun 15 1912) |
| 1912 | Gentry Bros #1 (Clipper May 8 1912) |
| 1912 | Gentry Bros #2 |
| 1912 | Sun Bros (Clipper Apr 20 1912) |
| 1912 | Sanger Bros (Mugiven & Bowers) |
| 1912 | Sig Sautelle (BB Apr 27 1912) |
| 1912 | Mighty Haag |
| 1912 | Silver Family |
| 1912 | La Mont Bros (Clipper May 25 1912) |
| 1912 | Honest Bill |
| 1912 | Lucky Bill |
| 1912 | J H Eschmann |
| 1912 | M L Clark & Sons |
| 1912 | Ed P Barlow |
| 1912 | Howard Starrett |
| 1912 | Rentz Bros |
| 1912 | Mollie Bailey |
| 1912 | Rice Bros (Clipper May A 1912) |
| 1912 | Heber Bros |
| 1912 | Wiedemann Bros |
| 1912 | Atterbury Bros |
| 1912 | E G Smith |
| 1912 | Cole Bros (Al Campbell WH Coulter & LC Gillette Agts) (BB Jn 15 '12) |
| 1912 | John Huttle |
| 1912 | Mackays European |
| 1912 | Jones Bros (EH Jones Pr) (Used title Montgomery Queen in part) |
| 1912 | Pubillones Circus (Cuba) |
| 1912 | Shipp & Feltus (S America) |
| 1912 | Circo Vasquez Hermanos (Mexico) |
| 1912 | Frank Brown (S America) |
| 1912 | Bud Atkinson's Circus & Wild West (H S Rowe mgr) (Australia) |
| 1912 | Emil Szedt (S America) |
| 1912 | Totalis Circus (Cent & S America) (Had Dunham Family & Danny Ryan eq) |
| 1912 | Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill Combined Wild West (Clipper Apr 27 '12) |
| 1912 | Miller Bros & Arlington's 101 Ranch Wild West |
| 1912 | Young Buffalo Wild West & Col Cummins Far East. (Clipper My 18 '12) |
| 1912 | Kit Carson's Buffalo Ranch Wild West |
| 1912 | Wyoming Bills' Wild West |
| 1912 | Hoagland's Wild West |
| 1912 | Carlisles' Wild West |
| 1912 | Buckskin Ben's Wild West |
| 1913 | Barnum & Bailey (84-3 cars) (BB Mr 29 1913) (Clipper Mch 29 '13) |
| 1913 | Ringling Bros (85 cars) (BB May 10 1913) (Clipper My 24-Apr 1A '13) |
| 1913 | Hagenbeck-Wallace (60 cars) (Clipper My 3 Jun 14 1913) |
| 1913 | Sells-Floto, (Clipper May 10, 17 1913) |
| 1913 | Al G Barnes (22 cars) (Clipper Jy 26 1913) |
| 1913 | Gollmar Bros (22 cars) (Clipper My 10 1913) |
| 1913 | Sig Sautelle (20 cars) (Clipper May 3 1913) |
| 1913 | Howes Great London (20 cars) (Mugiven A Bowers) (Clipper Jan 18 '13) |
| 1913 | Sangers (19 cars) Title changed to "Great Robinson" Oct 4 (Mugiven & Bowers Prs) |
| 1913 | Downie & Wheeler (Clipper May 17 1913) |
| 1913 | Frank A Robbins ( 12 cars) (BB My 10, Clipper Jun 14 1913) [Should read "Frank A Robbins Circus (13 cars) - Robert Sabia] |
| 1913 | Yankee Robinson (Fred Buchanan Pr) (22 cars) (BB May 3 1913) (Clipper May 3 1913) |
| 1913 | Sparks Circus (9 cars) |
| 1913 | Sun Bros (9 cars) (Clipper My 31 1913) |
| 1913 | Gentry Bros #1 |
| 1913 | Gentry Bros #2 |
| 1913 | Eschman’s European |
| 1913 | Mighty Haag |
| 1913 | Cole & Cooper (Fred Elzor Mgr) |
| 1913 | Howard Starrett |
| 1913 | Rentz Bros |
| 1913 | Rice Bros |
| 1913 | G W Christy |
| 1913 | Honest Bill |
| 1913 | Silver Family |
| 1913 | Heber Bros |
| 1913 | Rippel Bros |
| 1913 | Lowery Bros |
| 1913 | Waller Bros |
| 1913 | Barnon & Reed |
| 1913 | Woodwards' Circus |
| 1913 | Great Eastern |
| 1913 | Backmanns' Wild Animal Circus |
| 1913 | Kinnies Circus |
| 1913 | Thompsons' Circus |
| 1913 | Shipp & Feltus (S America) |
| 1913 | Tony Lowande do |
| 1913 | Frank Brown do |
| 1913 | Pubillones (Cuba) |
| 1913 | Harmston's (Far East) |
| 1913 | Borowski Circus do |
| 1913 | Bud Atkinson (Australia) |
| 1913 | Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill Combined (Clipper Apr 12, May 3 1913) (45 cars) (Broke up Sold at auction Denver) |
| 1913 | Miller Bros & Arlington's 101 Ranch Wild West (Clipper May 24 1913) |
| 1913 | Young Buffalo Wild West (Clipper May 3 1913) |
| 1913 | Oklahoma Ranch Wild West (18 cars) do (E Arlington & F Beckman) |
| 1913 | Buckskin Ben's Wild West |
| 1913 | Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch Wild West |
| 1913 | Irwin Bros Wild West |
| 1913 | Tompkins Wild West |
| 1913 | King Bros Wild West |
| 1913 | Jones Bros Wild West |
| 1914 | Barnum & Bailey (BB Mch 28 1914) (Clipper Mch 28 1914) |
| 1914 | Ringling Bros (BB Apr 18 1944) (Clipper Apr 18 1914) |
| 1914 | Hagenbeck-Wallace do do (52 cars) |
| 1914 | Sells-Floto (With Buffalo Bill) (BB Apr 4 & Clipper May 9 1914) |
| 1914 | Famous Robinson Show (21 cars) (Mugiven - Bowers (Geo C Moyer agt) do (Geo Aiken agt) |
| 1914 | Howes Great London (21 cars) |
| 1914 | Al G Barnes (Clipper May 9 1914) |
| 1914 | Yankee Robinson (Fred Buchanan) |
| 1914 | Gollmar Bros |
| 1914 | Frank A Robbins (Clipper May 9 1914) |
| 1914 | Sparks Bros |
| 1914 | Gentry Bros #1 (12 cars) |
| 1914 | Gentry Bros #2 (4 cars) |
| 1914 | Wheeler (Alf) Bros (10 cars) |
| 1914 | Mighty Haag (On rails) |
| 1914 | Sig Sautelle |
| 1914 | La Tena Show (Andrew Downie Pr) (Clipper May 9 1914) |
| 1914 | J K Eschmann's Circus |
| 1914 | Heber Bros |
| 1914 | Honest Bill |
| 1914 | Rentz Bros |
| 1914 | Silver Family |
| 1914 | Murdock Bros |
| 1914 | Evans' One Ring Circus |
| 1914 | Jones Bros & Wilson |
| 1914 | La Mont Bros (CR LaMont Mgr) |
| 1914 | Lampe Bros (Fred, Otto, Chas, Burt & John) |
| 1914 | Mollie A Bailey |
| 1914 | Norton Bros (A Texas wagon show) |
| 1914 | Frank H Thompsons Show |
| 1914 | Gillespie Show |
| 1914 | Wrights' Dog Show |
| 1914 | Jones NY Hippodrome (Clipper Jan 30 1914) |
| 1914 | Circo Welton (Mexico) |
| 1914 | 101 Ranch Wild West (Opened London closed by World War) (Clipper Apr 25 1914) |
| 1914 | Arlington & Chandlers' Wild West (South America) |
| 1914 | Young Buffalo Wild West |
| 1914 | Kit Carson Wild West |
| 1914 | Kinnie Bros Wild West |
| 1914 | Wyoming Bill Wild West |
| 1914 | Irwin Bros Wild West |
| 1914 | Tompkins Wild West |
| 1915 | Barnum & Bailey (Clipper Apr 10 1915) |
| 1915 | Ringling Bros (Clipper Apr 24 1915) |
| 1915 | Hagenbeck-Wallace (Clipper May 1 1915) |
| 1915 | Sells-Floto (With Buffalo Bill) (39 cars) (Clipper May 1, 10 '15) |
| 1915 | Robinsons Famous Circus (24 cars) (Mugiven-Bowers Prs) (Clipper May 8 1915) |
| 1915 | Al G Barnes |
| 1915 | Yankee Robinson (Fred Buchanan) |
| 1915 | Howes Great London (16 cars) (Mugiven - Bowers prs) |
| 1915 | Gollmar Bros |
| 1915 | Frank A Robbins [Should read Frank A Robbins Circus - folds in Salisbury, MD September 13 - Robert Sabia] |
| 1915 | Sparks Circus (Clipper Apr 17 1915) |
| 1915 | J Augustus Jones (15 cars) |
| 1915 | Gentry Bros |
| 1915 | Mighty Haag |
| 1915 | Sun Bros |
| 1915 | La Tena Show (Andrew Downie pr) |
| 1915 | Albert Hodginis European (Jess Adkins Mgr) (Clipper May 22 1915) |
| 1915 | Welsh Bros & Lessing (Clipper May 15 1915) |
| 1915 | Eschman's Circus |
| 1915 | La Mont (Chas R) Bros (Clipper May 15 1915) |
| 1915 | Howard Starrett |
| 1915 | Honest Bill (Wm Newton) |
| 1915 | Van Amburgh Show |
| 1915 | Bert Silver Family |
| 1915 | Frank H Thompson (Clipper May 15 1915) |
| 1915 | Lowery Bros |
| 1915 | Hugo Bros (Vic & Chas) (Clipper May 15 1915) |
| 1915 | Christy Circus |
| 1915 | G W Christy's Hippodrome Shows |
| 1915 | Lampe Bros (John & Burt) |
| 1915 | Rice & Dores' Water Circus |
| 1915 | Alderfers Dog & Pony Show |
| 1915 | New York Hippodrome (Clipper Jan 30 1915) |
| 1915 | Pubillones #1 (4 cars) (Cuba) |
| 1915 | Pubillones #2 (10 cars) (Cuba) |
| 1915 | 101 Ranch Wild West |
| 1915 | Tompkins Wild West |
| 1915 | Tiger Bills' Wild West |
| 1915 | Texas Bills |
| 1916 | Barnum & Bailey (Clipper Apr 15 1916) |
| 1916 | Ringling Bros (BB Jun 17 1916) (Clipper Apr 22 1916) |
| 1916 | Hagenbeck-Wallace |
| 1916 | Sells-Floto (42 cars) |
| 1916 | John Robinson (30 cars) (Mugiven-Bowers acquire this title) (Calif) |
| 1916 | Al G Barnes (28 cars) |
| 1916 | Wheeler Bros (Al) (30 cars) |
| 1916 | Howes Great London (21 cars) (Mugiven-Bowers) |
| 1916 | Yankee Robinson (Fred Buchanan Pr) |
| 1916 | Coup & Lent (20 cars) (Broke up) |
| 1916 | Sparks Circus (17 cars) |
| 1916 | Gentry Bros |
| 1916 | Cole Bros (18 cars) J Augustus Jones Pr |
| 1916 | Eschmans' Circus (10 cars) |
| 1916 | Sun Bros (8 cars) (BB Apr 8 1916) |
| 1916 | Cook, D Clinton & Wilsons' (HG) "Wild Animal Show (F A Robbins equipment, broke up) |
| 1916 | La Tena Show (Andrew Downie Pr) |
| 1916 | Orton Bros (10 cars) Broke up |
| 1916 | Gollmar Bros (Bought in by Jas Patterson) |
| 1916 | Mighty Haag |
| 1916 | Christy Bros (2 two car shows) |
| 1916 | Honest Bill & Lucky Bill Combined (Wm Newtons) |
| 1916 | Bert Silver family |
| 1916 | La Mont Bros (Clipper May 13 1916) |
| 1916 | Hunts New Modern Show |
| 1916 | M L Clark & Sons |
| 1916 | Sam Docks' Great Keystone |
| 1916 | Heber Bros |
| 1916 | Atterbury Bros |
| 1916 | Mollie Bailey (sons) |
| 1916 | W P & Bert Campbells Overland Show (From Drummond Oklahoma) |
| 1916 | John T Backmanns Wild Animal Show |
| 1916 | Bradburys One Ring Show |
| 1916 | Seibel Bros |
| 1916 | Fowler & Clark |
| 1916 | Bonheur Bros |
| 1916 | Cooper Bros |
| 1916 | Alderfers Show |
| 1916 | Linninger Bros & O'Wesney |
| 1916 | Anderson's Dog & Pony Show |
| 1916 | Wm Webbs Circus (in New Zealand) |
| 1916 | Circo Modelo (Francisco Beas Pr) (in Mexico) |
| 1916 | Perez International (in Mexico & California) |
| 1916 | Circo Augusto (Luis A Paz Mgr) (S America) |
| 1916 | Shipp & Feltus (Central & S America) |
| 1916 | Publilones (Cuba) |
| 1916 | Santos & Artigas (Cuba) |
| 1916 | Harmston & Basys Circuses in Far East |
| 1916 | Bert Willison & Frank Fillis Circuses in Far East |
| 1916 | Bourowskis Circus in Far East |
| 1916 | 101 Ranch (With Buffalo Bill) (25 cars) Taken off road and sold. |
| 1916 | Tompkins' Wild West |
| 1916 | Texas Bills' Wild West |
| 1916 | Carlisles Frontier Wild West |
| 1916 | Harry Hills Wild West |
| 1916 | IXL Ranch Wild West |
| 1916 | Irwin Bros Wild West |
| 1916 | Montana Belles' Wild West |
| 1916 | California Franks' Wild West |
| 1916 | Pawnee Bill (in parks) Wild West |
| 1917 | Barnum & Bailey (Clipper Apr 7 1917) |
| 1917 | Ringling Bros (Clipper Apr 14 1917) |
| 1917 | Hagenbeck-Wallace (58 cars) (Clipper Apr 28 1917) |
| 1917 | Sells-Floto (42 cars) H B Gentry Mgr (Clipper May 5 1917) |
| 1917 | John Robinson (45 cars) (Mugiven- Bowers) (Clipper May 12 1917) |
| 1917 | Al G Barnes (Clipper Apr 14 1917) |
| 1917 | Patterson-Gollmar (25 cars) |
| 1917 | Yankee Robinson (24 cars) (Clipper Apr 28 1917) |
| 1917 | Coup & Lent (20 cars) (Clipper May 5 1917) |
| 1917 | Cole Bros (J Augustus Jones Pr) (20 cars) (Clipper Apr 7 1917) (Sold out in Feb 1918) |
| 1917 | La Tena Show (Andrew Downie Pr) (15 cars) (Clipper May 5 1917) |
| 1917 | Cook Bros (D Clinton Cook Pr) ( 15 cars) |
| 1917 | Sparks Circus ( 15 cars) (Clipper Apr 21 1917) |
| 1917 | Gentry Bros (Jake Newman & Ben Austin Prs) ( 14 cars) |
| 1917 | J H Eschman ( 10 cars) (Sold out at K C Mo. Auction) |
| 1917 | Sig Sautelle |
| 1917 | Christy Bros |
| 1917 | Sun Bros (Clipper Apr 7 1917) |
| 1917 | Cooper Bros (E H Jones Mgr) |
| 1917 | Mighty Haag |
| 1917 | M L Clark & Sons |
| 1917 | R T Richards (R T Dick Ringling Pr) |
| 1917 | Lowery Bros & Lowande |
| 1917 | John T Backmanns Wild Animal Show |
| 1917 | Orton Bros |
| 1917 | La Mont Bros (24 wagons) |
| 1917 | Wheeler Bros (Cut down from big show of last year) |
| 1917 | Linninger Bros |
| 1917 | Heber Bros |
| 1917 | Lucky Bill (Wm Newton Pr) |
| 1917 | Honest Bill (Wrn Newton Jr) (Pr) |
| 1917 | J E Henry |
| 1917 | H W Freed |
| 1917 | C F Alderfers (14 wagons) |
| 1917 | Atterbury (RL, W & RF) Bros (28 wagons) |
| 1917 | Silver Family (15 trucks) |
| 1917 | Hawn & Hunt |
| 1917 | Bailey Bros (Mollie Bailey Show) |
| 1917 | Campbells Show (not the Campbells R R Show) |
| 1917 | Rose Killiam Show |
| 1917 | Grand Circo Modelo (Mexico) |
| 1917 | Shipp & Feltus (S America) |
| 1917 | Pubillones (Cuba) |
| 1917 | Santos & Artigas (Cuba) |
| 1917 | Buffalo Bill-Jess Willard (Ed Arlington Mgr) |
| 1917 | Pawnee Bills' Wild West (played parks) (Clipper Apr 21) |
| 1917 | Carlisles Frontier Wild West |
| 1917 | Clay Sisters Wild West |
| 1917 | Dakota Max' Wild West |
| 1917 | Texas Bills' Wild West |
| 1917 | Tomkins Wild West (35 trucks 26 wagons) |
| 1917 | Montana Bills' Wild West |
| 1917 | Boones' Wild West |
| 1918 | Barnum & Bailey (89 cars John & Alf T Ringling Mgrs) (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Ringling Bros (89 cars Chas Ringling Mgr) (Clipper Mch 30, Ap 17 '18) |
| 1918 | Sells-Floto (Clipper Mch 30 Apr 13 1918) |
| 1918 | John Robinson (30 cars Mugiven & Bowers) (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Al G Barnes (30 cars) (Clipper May 4 1918) |
| 1918 | Howes Great London |
| 1918 | Yankee Robinson (21 cars) (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | W L Main (18 cars Andrew Downie Pr) (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Sparks Circus (15 cars) (Clipper Mch 30, Apr 27 1918) |
| 1918 | Gentry Bros (15 cars) (Newman & Austin Prs) (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Sun Bros (9 cars) (Clipper Mch 30 Apr 20 1918) |
| 1918 | Christy Bros (Geo Christy Pr) (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Cole Show (2 cars) (Howard Damon Mgr) |
| 1918 | Sig Sautelle (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Mighty Haag do |
| 1918 | J E Henry do |
| 1918 | Hills Hippodrome Circus |
| 1918 | Honest Bill & Lucky Bill Combined do |
| 1918 | Coup & Lent (Hey Rube Bert Chipman) (Clipper Mr 30, Jun 1 1918) (Motorized Show 27 trucks & Trailers) (R M Harvey Mgr) |
| 1918 | Silver Family (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Wheeler Bros |
| 1918 | Emil A Arps' Show |
| 1918 | Howard Bros |
| 1918 | Great Eastern Hippodrome Circus |
| 1918 | E H Jones |
| 1918 | M L Clark & Sons (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | Mollie Bailey |
| 1918 | Atterbury Bros (RL, & WA) (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | W P Campbell's Show |
| 1918 | Hugo Bros |
| 1918 | West Bros |
| 1918 | Rose Killian |
| 1918 | Orr Bros (Pacific coast) |
| 1918 | Frank A Walters |
| 1918 | Rhoda Royal |
| 1918 | R T Richards (Dick Ringling Show) (Coney Is. W H Middleton Mgr) |
| 1918 | Shipp & Feltus (in S America) |
| 1918 | Pubillones (2 shows Spanish America) |
| 1918 | Santos & Artigas do |
| 1918 | Circo Modelo (Mexico) |
| 1918 | Tompkins Wild West (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1918 | La Rues' Wild West |
| 1918 | Dakota Max Wild West (Clipper Mch 30 1918) |
| 1919 | Ringling Bros-Barnum & Bailey Combined (Clipper Apr 5 1919) |
| 1919 | Sells Floto (H B Gentry Mgr for Tammen & Bonfils) (Clipper Mch 29, Apr 28 1919) |
| 1919 | Hagenbeck -Wallace (28-2 cars) Bought by Mugiven, Bowers & Ballard after wreck last year (Clipper May 3 1919) |
| 1919 | John Robinson (30 cars) Mugiven & Bowers (Clipper May 3 1919) |
| 1919 | Al G Barnes (30 cars) (Clipper Mch 29, May 10 1919) |
| 1919 | Yankee Robinson (30 cars) (Fred Buchanan Pr) (Clipper Mch 29 '19) |
| 1919 | W L Main (18-2 cars) (Andrew Downie Pr) (Clipper Mch 30, My 10 1919) |
| 1919 | Sparks Circus (Chas Sparks Mgr) (Clipper Apr 1 1919) |
| 1919 | Gentry Bros (15 cars) (Ben Austin & Jake Newman) (Clipper Mch 29, May 31 1919) |
| 1919 | Cole Bros (3 cars) (E H Jones Pr) (Clipper Mch 29 1919) |
| 1919 | Backmann-Tinsch Wild Animal Circus |
| 1919 | Sig Sautelle & Demarst Bros (Clipper Mch 29 1919) |
| 1919 | Mighty Haag |
| 1919 | M L Clark (Clipper Mch 29 1919) |
| 1919 | Sangers Circus (Floyd & Howard King) |
| 1919 | Christy Bros |
| 1919 | Rhoda Royal |
| 1919 | Arps, Emil A (2 cars) |
| 1919 | Barlows Big City (6 cars) |
| 1919 | A B Marcus Big Show (2 cars) |
| 1919 | Honest & Lucky Bill Combined (Clipper Mch 29) |
| 1919 | Chas T & John Hunt's Show |
| 1919 | La Mont Bros |
| 1919 | American Motorized Circus (Frank P Spellman Director) (Opened and failed in a few days) |
| 1919 | Silver Family |
| 1919 | Irwin Bros (17 trucks & Wagons) |
| 1919 | Winner & Curran, Chas F (25 wagons) |
| 1919 | Carl Clark |
| 1919 | Harry Lewis |
| 1919 | Atterbury Bros (15 wagons) |
| 1919 | Mollie Bailey (8 trucks & 4 trailers) (Clipper Mch 29 1919) |
| 1919 | Buller Bros |
| 1919 | Great Wagner |
| 1919 | Yankee American & Nelson Bros (8 wagons Lindeman Bros Prs) |
| 1919 | C A Hibbards Dog & Pony Show (10 wagons) |
| 1919 | Lowery Bros (8 Trucks) |
| 1919 | J R Noonans Dog & Pony Show (10 wagons) |
| 1919 | Thos P Convey |
| 1919 | Earl Bowers |
| 1919 | Great Keystone State Show (Sam Dock pr) |
| 1919 | E E Myhre |
| 1919 | Richards Bros |
| 1919 | Oscar Lowandes American Show |
| 1919 | Col G W Hall |
| 1919 | Swift Bros |
| 1919 | Cook Bros (DeWitt C Cook Mgr) |
| 1919 | John R Van Arnum |
| 1919 | Hugo Bros |
| 1919 | Coup & Lent (Art Eldredge Mgr) (broke up) |
| 1919 | Escalante Bros (Mexican Circus) (4 cars) |
| 1919 | Circo Modelo Beas (Mexico) |
| 1919 | Pubillones (Cuba) |
| 1919 | Santos & Artigas "Red" (Cuba) |
| 1919 | Santos & Artigas "Blue" (Argentine) |
| 1919 | Tony Lowande (S America) |
| 1919 | Martinho Lowande (C America) |
| 1919 | Justo O'Halloran (Cuba) |
| 1919 | Rosewell Bros (S Africa) |
| 1919 | Emery Bros (New Zealand) |
| 1919 | Wirth Bros (Australia) |
| 1919 | Harmston's (Far East) |
| 1919 | Charles Carlos (S America) |
| 1919 | Shipp & Feltus do |
| 1919 | Boone's Mexican Ranch Wild West |
| 1919 | K Bar Wild West (Billy Penny Mgr) |
| 1919 | Princess Wenonas' Wild West (3 cars) |
| 1919 | Russells' Wild West (25 cars) |
| 1919 | Dakota Max' Wild West |
Abbreviations: Help with some of the abbreviations found in this listing:
Braathen. Private collection of Sverre O. Braathen. This collection is now largely at the Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois.
T. A. Brown's History. Brown, T. Allston, A history of the New York stage, from the first performance in 1732 to 1901, Publisher B. Blom, 1964, 3 volumes (first published, New York, 1903).
Chloupek records, Circus fan and collector James V. Chloupek took notices from scrapbooks and posters and supplied them to Sturtevant.
C A Day, Charles H. Day, circus press agent. He contributed articles to the New York Clipper, Billboard, New York Dramatic Mirror, and the Sporting and Theatrical Journal for over thirty-five years. Also penned several short volumes, such as Show Life.
Greenwood. Greenwood, Isaac J. The Circus: Its Origin and Growth prior to 1835, NY: Burt Franklin, 1970 (originally published 1898).
Glenroy's. John Glenroy, Ins and Outs of Circus Life, Boston, MA: M. M. Wing, 1885.
O'Dell's [sic]. Odell, George Clinton Densmore, Annals of the New York Stage, New York: Columbia University Press, 1927-1949, 15 volumes.
Scholl's. Private collection of Walter Scholl. Sholl's collection is now largely at Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois, but a second collection was dispersed piecemeal in the 1990s.
Gil Robinson. Gil Robinson, Old wagon show days, Cincinnati, OH: Brockwell Company, 1925.
Rowes Memories. Joseph Andrew Rowe, memoirs and personal correspondence relative to the circus business through the gold country in the 50's. Albert Dressler (Editor), California's Pioneer Circus,1926.
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