NEWARK — In the early 1900s, Columbus native Conn Baker was thrilling circus audiences at home and abroad with his death-defying "loop-the-loop" bicycle act. As one poster from the time put it, Baker ...

Have you ever done a story about the Sells-Floto Circus? I would love to read the history of this traveling circus and its sideshow that gave early 20th century San Antonians an afternoon of ...

Got any musty old boxes in your attic or basement? As Jim Major of Cambria learned recently, check them out before you chuck them in the trash, or you might wind up tossing some historical family ...

In many towns throughout southern Delaware, the favorite summertime ritual for youngsters at the turn of the last century may have been the annual arrival of the circus, complete with performers and ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers who ...

Question: I have a framed circus poster stamped “Strobridge” owned by our family for several generations. It is 40 inches long and 26 inches high. “The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth” is ...

Cirque de Shreve %u2014 A Mighty Meadows fundraiser is 6%3A30 - 10 p.m. Saturday at Pine Wold Manor%2C 2747 Fairfeild Ave. Tickets are %2475 for members of Friends of the Algur Meadows Museum of Art ...