Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus clowns (clockwise from top right) Taylor Albin of Mineral Wells, Texas, Julia Bothun of Maple Lake, Minnesota, Truett Adams of Dallas, Dean Kelley of ...

When the clowns found out the circus was closing, they turned their red noses to each other for support. It had been a hard year already. Their centuries-old art form had been reduced to a ...