swap_horiz Dan Rice's Circus Alternatives

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Barnum & Bailey Circus

The Barnum & Bailey Circus, originating from a 1888 merger of P.T. Barnum’s and James Bailey’s circuses, represented Ame...

Iconic American Large Scale Historical

9.6 Brilliant

2

Buffalo Bill's Wild West

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West presented an elaborate spectacle of 19th-century American life as it was imagined and performed...

Iconic American 19TH Century Historical

9.5 Brilliant

3

P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth

P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth was a pioneering American circus that captivated audiences throughout the 19th cent...

Iconic American 19TH Century Historical

9.4 Excellent

4

Medrano Circus

The Medrano Circus is a historic French circus originally established in Paris in 1873 as the Cirque Fernando before bei...

Italian Iconic Traditional Historical

8.5 Great

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Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was a major American traveling circus formed in 1907 through a partnership between Benjamin...

American Traditional Large Scale Historical

8.5 Great

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Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth was an iconic American circus born from the 1881 union of P.T. Barnum’s and J...

Iconic American Historical Grand

8.5 Great

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Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows

Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows was an American circus founded in 1884 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, by five of the seven...

Classic American Traditional Historical

8.5 Great

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Pinder Circus

Pinder Circus is a historic circus company originally founded in England by the Pinder family in the 19th century. It ac...

19TH Century Traditional Historical British

8.4 Great

9

Zirkus Renz

Zirkus Renz was a prominent German circus founded by Ernst Jacob Renz in Berlin in 1842. The enterprise became famous th...

German 19TH Century Traditional Historical

8.4 Great

10

Adam Forepaugh's Circus

Adam Forepaugh's Circus was a major American traveling circus developed by Philadelphia businessman Adam Forepaugh after...

American 19TH Century Traditional Large Scale

8.2 Great

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Sells Brothers Circus

The Sells Brothers Circus was an American traveling circus founded in 1872 by brothers Ephraim, Lewis, Peter, and Allen...

American 19TH Century Traditional Large Scale

8.2 Great

12

Pawnee Bill's Wild West

Pawnee Bill's Wild West was an American traveling entertainment show organized by Gordon William Lillie, known professio...

American 19TH Century Historical Touring

8.2 Great

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Cooper and Bailey Circus

The Cooper and Bailey Circus was a prominent 19th-century American traveling circus that operated during the 1870s and 1...

American 19TH Century Traditional Historical

8.0 Great

14

Billy Smart's Circus

Billy Smart's Circus was a British circus founded in 1946 by showman Billy Smart. Operating as a traditional traveling t...

Iconic Traditional Historical British

8.0 Great

15

Walter L. Main Circus

The Walter L. Main Circus was an American traveling circus organized by showman Walter L. Main in the late nineteenth ce...

American 19TH Century Traditional Historical

7.4 Good

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Yankee Robinson Circus

The Yankee Robinson Circus was an American traveling circus associated with showman Yankee Robinson, whose career belong...

American 19TH Century Traditional Historical

7.2 Good

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W.W. Cole Circus

American circus operated by William Washington Cole during the 1870s and 1880s, one of the prominent Gilded Age touring...

American 19TH Century Traditional Historical

6.9 Fair

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Great Wallace Circus

The Great Wallace Circus was a prominent American traveling circus that operated during the late 19th and early 20th cen...

American 19TH Century Traditional Historical

6.7 Fair

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Sun Bros. Circus

Sun Bros. Circus was an early 20th-century American traveling show founded by the Sun brothers in 1892, notable for its...

American 19TH Century Traditional Historical

6.5 Fair

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Sig Sautelle Circus

Sig Sautelle Circus was a small late-19th and early-20th-century American circus operated by Sig Sautelle, noted for bri...

American 19TH Century Traditional Historical

5.9 Mediocre