Don Oswalt clearly remembers the day he first discovered the circus. He was 10 years old and his younger sister ran into the living room yelling, “Mommy, come look.” Following his mother and sister, ...

Think model trains, but instead of railroads, this convention features tiny big tops, model circus wagons and yes, some model train cars, too. “It’s a three-dimensional preservation of circus history, ...

Joe Colossa is offering not only free admission to a circus, but a trip back in time. The Al. Ringling Mansion owner is leading a crew of circus buffs in assembling a 62,000-piece model circus to be ...

The colors jump out and catch the driver’s eye first. Only after the colors — bright red, white, blue and orange — catch one’s attention do the objects connect with the colors. The circus wagons and ...

Howard Tibbals' meticulously researched miniature circus goes on permanent display this week in the Ringling Museum's new Tibbals Learning Center. Like many American kids in the 1940s, Howard Tibbals ...

It Took 9,000 to buy this Hubley toy calliope at an RSL auction in Oldwick, N.J. It is in mint condition and has the original box, which adds to the value. Circus toys are very popular. Children love ...

Every nook and cranny in the home of Daniel and Wilma Bonner of Wilson is filled with brightly costumed clowns, marching elephants and circus souvenirs. On the walls are posters and photographs of ...

Children love the circus, so what better toy than a model circus parade. In the late 19th century, cages of animals were drawn by horses through the main part of town to announce that the circus had ...

PITTSFIELD — Just checking in on Jack Trowill, the man who, for decades, would travel over hill and dale with his projector, his slides, his notes and his memories. He’d be at the beck and call of any ...

Memo to Thoreau: Some men`s wives lead lives of quiet desperation, too. ”She had a moving van back up to the front door and load up everything,” Howard Tibbals said, his explanation for the empty ...