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  • Tags: The 1940s

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This photograph depicts a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by Sergeant Charles E.…
Date: February 18, 1946

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This photograph depicts John Carl Erickson holding a dead wolf from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. The wolf had been shot at Dr. McCleery's request by Allen "Al" Fitch (a relative of John Carl Erickson). Another dead wolf is lying on the ground.
Date: Probably 1947

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This photograph depicts Allen A. Fitch (left) and his father Lawrence Burlingame Fitch (right) carrying a dead wolf from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. The wolf had been sick and was shot at Dr. McCleery's request by Allen Fitch. This photo was printed on Kodak postcard paper.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts Mildred "Millie" M. (Wichman) Fitch - who was born and raised on Westwind Road in Kane, PA and worked at Dr. McCleery's wolf farm - holding a wolf pup at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1941

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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 sign which reads "4" hangs on the fence.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts a mountain lion in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts two wolves in the pens at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts a mountain lion in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts what appears to be two wolves mating at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign which reads "No Smoking Please" hangs on the fence.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts a woman, man, and child in front of a wolf pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The man appears to be holding a camera. Three signs hang on the fence - "No Smoking Please," "Please Don't Tease the Wolves," and a partially…
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts a coyote in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts three wolves in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts a mountain lion in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts two men (one of whom is Lyle Ackley) at the entrance to Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The stone archway (from which a lamp and "open" sign are hanging), ticket both, and two large, flat rocks are visible in the distance.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts a mountain lion in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: 1947

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This photograph depicts a cat rubbing up against a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by…
Date: February 14, 1946

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This photograph depicts Sergeant Charles E. Stacy with a cat and a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was…
Date: February 14, 1946

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This photograph depicts five men (from left to right: Loot Farnsworth, Jim Farnsworth, Alf Farnsworth, and Cliff Moyer) and a dog with a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946…
Date: February 14, 1946

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This photograph depicts five men (from left to right: Jim Farnsworth, Loot Farnsworth, Charles Stacy, Alf Farnsworth, and Cliff Moyer) with a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February…
Date: February 14, 1946

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This photograph depicts Robert B. Jones (superintendent of Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park while it was located within the town limits of Kane, PA) and his wife Margaret Jones. They were the parents of Earl C. Jones (a keeper at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park).
Date: 1940