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| | St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus |
 | | In 1919,; the Barnum and Bailey Circus was merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus, which had purchased it in 1907 but ran it as a separate entity for twelve years. |
| | Circus impresario Phineas T. Barnum (1810-1891) was a flamboyant showman who bought a five-story marble museum in New York City in 1842 and transformed it into the American Museum, a carnival of live freaks, theatrical tableaux, beauty contests, and other sensational attractions. |
| | In 1907,; after Bailey's death, the Ringling Brothers bought the Barnum and Bailey Circus for $400,000 and ran it as a separate entity until 1919,; when their operations were combined into Ringling Brothers, and Barnum and Bailey, its present name. |
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