Bridgeport, Connecticut Qtrs. #3

At the close of the 1918 season, due the loss of both Al and Otto Ringling, as well World War I railroad restrictions, the surviving brothers decided to unite Ringling Bros. Worlds Greatest Shows and Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth. The Baraboo, Wis. facility was closed and this was the combined elephant herd in Bridgeport with the new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows. The man standing between the second and third row of elephants was boss elephant man George Denman. By 1927 with only John Ringling remaining and firmly ensconced in Florida, everything was cleared out and moved to the Fairgrounds in Sarasota.