<P> Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus , Ringling Bros. or simply Ringling was an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth . It and its predecessor shows ran from 1871 to 2017 . Known as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows , the circus started in 1919 when the Barnum & Bailey 's Greatest Show on Earth , a circus created by P.T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey , was merged with the Ringling Bros. World 's Greatest Shows . The Ringling brothers had purchased Barnum & Bailey Ltd. following Bailey 's death in 1906 , but ran the circuses separately until they were merged in 1919 . </P>
<P> Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus , Ringling Bros. or simply Ringling was an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth . It and its predecessor shows ran from 1871 to 2017 . Known as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows , the circus started in 1919 when the Barnum & Bailey 's Greatest Show on Earth , a circus created by P.T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey , was merged with the Ringling Bros. World 's Greatest Shows . The Ringling brothers had purchased Barnum & Bailey Ltd. following Bailey 's death in 1906 , but ran the circuses separately until they were merged in 1919 . </P>
when did ringling brothers merge with barnum and bailey
when did ringling brothers merge with barnum and bailey
1919
1919