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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Arrives in Chicago
The 1924 Greatest Show on Earth returns with five troops of performing elephants and two herds of babies on steel stages. It adds Russian stallions and more high school horse acts, led by May Wirth and Lily Leitzel, with 70 equestrians and a large aerial troupe. Two hundred trained wild animals join the big cast for a spectacular opening pageant and performances across the ring.
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Gling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
May Wirth
Wirth
Hurricane
Phil
the Marvel
Rieffenach
Berta Beeson
Lily Leitzel
Lillian Kincaid
Jenny Rooney
Ringling Brothers
Silbon
Siegrist