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This photograph depicts a wolf lying down in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

This photograph is from a 1939 photo album.

Date: 1939

This photograph depicts two wolves in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

This photograph is from a 1939 photo album.

Date: 1939

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A visitor's hand (holding an item) is visible by the fence.

Date: October 12, 1931

This photograph depicts two wolves in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: October 12, 1931

This photograph depicts two wolves in a pen behind their steel "den" at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Additional wolves can be seen in neighboring pens.

Date: October 12, 1931

This baseball glove was used in the 1930s by the Lobo Wolves baseball team in Kane, PA. There is a drawing of a wolf on the back of the glove. The team had a ball field behind the railroad trestle (bridge) on the left side of Route 6 just past the wolf park. The property was owned by Bill Belitkus…

Date: The 1930s

This is a silent Fox Movietone News reel which depicts Dr. McCleery standing in front of the wolf park entrance and then walking in the fenced-in runway between the wolf pens as the wolves fight through the wire of the pens. Visitors to the wolf park can be seen outside of the pens.

This film is…

Date: Early 1930s

This letter is from J. R. Steelman to Dr. E. H. McCleery. Steelman refers to the last letter he received from Dr. McCleery dated May 17, 1933 in which Dr. McCleery mentioned a White Arctic and Alaskan Timber wolf he would be willing to let Steelman have. Steelman was at that time unable to obtain a…

Date: April 13, 1938

This color linen postcard is an illustration depicting five wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA, among trees and metal "dens." The caption reads "The McCleery Wolf Pack at Kane, Pa." The artwork is signed "M. C. MacEwen '31" and the code 3A357…

Date: 1931

This photograph depicts a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is an AZO postcard. The ink writing over the photograph reads, "Lobo Wolves Kane Pa. Sept. 4 - 38." The typewritten caption under the photograph reads, "Lobo Wolf at Kane Pa.…

Date: September 4, 1938

This photograph depicts the stonework and entrance to Dr. McCleery's wolf park between Gap and Coatesville, Pennsylvania. A stone archway, ticket booth, and turnstile are visible, as well as fencing, a barrel, and what looks like a ladder. The park looks fairly new and well-kept in this photograph,…

Date: Probably 1930

This photograph depicts three men with a dead wolf (one of the wolves from Dr. McCleery's wolf park between Gap and Coatesville, Pennsylvania after its closure), a bottle of whiskey, and a gun. The man on the left holding the gun is George Stern, one of the keepers at the wolf park. The man in the…

Date: 1931

This photograph depicts a man with a dead wolf (one of the wolves from Dr. McCleery's wolf park between Gap and Coatesville, Pennsylvania after its closure) slung over his shoulders. The man's hat is on the ground.

Date: 1931

This photograph depicts a man with a cigarette in his mouth holding a dead wolf (one of the wolves from Dr. McCleery's wolf park between Gap and Coatesville, Pennsylvania after its closure), with a bottle of whiskey and a gun propped up against the wolf.

Date: 1931

This card advertises Dr. E. H. McCleery's secondary wolf park between Coatesville and Gap, Pennsylvania, along the Lincoln Highway. The front of the card states that the pack contains 25 giant wolves and has been shown in all parts of the world by picture news reels, and the back of the card…

Date: 1930

This article describes Dr. McCleery's pack of the last of the lobo wolves, of which he usually maintains about 60. An anecdote is given of Dr. McCleery's interaction with wolves about 30 years previous. He was traveling the West and observed a pair of wolf pups devour animal bones without…

Date: August 1939

This article reports that Bert Nelson, animal trainer for the Hagenbeck-Wallace and Forepaugh-Sells circuses, visited Dr. E. H. McCleery with the intention of purchasing a lobo wolf. Dr. McCleery informed him that as of 1928, his wolves his wolves are no longer for sale. He used to sell wolf pups to…

Date: June 13, 1935

This is an early version of the leaflet which was distributed to visitors at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf park. It describes lobo wolves in general and their history and physical characteristics. The leaflet was updated from time to time, so different versions are included in this archive - this page…

Date: Probably between 1930 and 1933, although the Rauner Special Collections Library finding aid lists it as "c. 1936"

This is an early version of the leaflet which was distributed to visitors at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf park. It describes lobo wolves in general and their history and physical characteristics. The leaflet was updated from time to time, so different versions are included in this archive - this page…

Date: Probably between 1930 and 1933

This article reports that three litters of wolf pups have been born at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf farm and six more litters are expected. Last year 38 pups were born at the park, though only seven remain. Four pups is the average litter size, and the birthing period lasts from mid-March to mid-April.…

Date: May 6, 1939