Phineas Taylor "PT" Barnum has captured the imagination of millions for over a century. Dubbed the "the Greatest Showman," which also happens to be the title of a new movie about him, out this month, ...
A small section of the miniature 1903 Barnum & Bailey circus made by William R. Brinley as seen in 2004 at the P.T. Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Conn. Most of the museum has been closed since 2010.
The travelling circus came to the seaside town twice in the late 1800's.
A venerable American institution, “The Greatest Show on Earth” is no more. After 146 years, Feld Entertainment, owners of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, announced the circus’s last ...
Auburn, N.Y. — P.T. Barnum, called in his lifetime The Prince of Humbug, is one of those larger than life figures who helped define American exceptionalism as largely aspirational and a little bit ...