Following these incidents, P.T. Barnum abandoned the concept of the American Museum, which needed a sedentary, indoor venue. The traveling circus combined different acts, from horse shows to ...

He would then partner with James Bailey and together they would create the circus that became known as the Barnum & Bailey Circus.

P.T. Barnum, after spending most of his life managing his traveling circus, wanted to secure a positive legacy through the creation of an unambiguously serious institution. Barnum worked as a showman ...

Any of these words and phrases could describe Phineas Taylor Barnum — and any of them would be fitting. P.T. Barnum was one of America’s most captivating personalities, at once a man who ...

Adam Forepaugh started his circus business during the Civil War. But when P.T. Barnum entered the circus business, Forepaugh became Barnum's biggest competitor and their rivalry launched the ...

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has erupted, displacing more than a million people. Many in Lebanon fear a Gaza-like campaign of violence. Taylor Lorenz’s Plan to Dance on Legacy Media ...

P rofessor Faber’s amazing “talking machine” arrived in Cincinnati to great fanfare in 1872 when that contraption shared a bill at Wood’s Theater with the famous Bandmanns, Daniel and Millicent. The ...

George Hoefler, a German immigrant, came to America at age 14 and started working in the jewelry trade before joining ...

“The Greatest Showman,” released in 2017, tells the fictionalized version of the story of P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), a showman who created a circus spectacle that became a sensation. The film ...

Advertising Said Peter Hattrup, who won two national titles at SPU (1983 and 1985) before playing with the Sounders: “Cliff was kind of part P.T. Barnum, part Ted Lasso, but he was always super ...

The film, directed by Tom Hooper, tells the tale of Jean Valjean, who accepts to look after the daughter of a factory worker ...