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This photograph depicts an orange-colored wolf standing on top of a metal "den" in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "CANIS LUPUS NUBILUS (LOBO or BUFFALO WOLVES) at the LOBO WOLF…

Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

This photograph depicts a dark orange wolf standing in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Jack Lynch identified this wolf as Saber in George N. Ostrom's scrapbook. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "CANIS LUPUS…

Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

This photograph depicts two white wolves in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "LOBO WOLVES at Wolfe Park, 6 miles east of Kane, Pennsylvania on U. S. Rt. 6 in the "Seneca…

Date: Between 1949 and 1956

This photograph depicts Dr. Edward Heber McCleery, often referred to as Dr. E. H. McCleery, in a light-colored coat standing outside a stone house, presumably the back entrance of the stone house in which he lived along Route 6 near the lobo wolf park, five miles east of Kane, PA. Dr. McCleery is…

Date: Probably between 1940 and 1962

This photograph depicts a tan-colored wolf standing in the dirt near a patch of grass at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "LOBO WOLVES at Wolfe Park, 6 miles east of Kane, Pa. on U.S. Rt.…

Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

This photograph depicts a coyote at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. I believe (but am not certain) that Dr. McCleery acquired coyotes after 1940.

This photograph was probably taken between 1940 (around when I believe Dr. McCleery acquired coyotes)…

Date: Probably between 1940 and 1972

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery petting a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by Dr. McCleery's age). This photo is part of a series in which Dr. McCleery appears with a mountain lion in another photo.

This photograph was taken…

Date: Between 1940 and 1955

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery looking up at a mountain lion in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Dr. McCleery acquired mountain lions during the 1940s.

This photograph was taken between 1940 (after which Dr. McCleery acquired…

Date: Between 1940 and 1955

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. Dr. McCleery acquired mountain lions during the 1940s.

This photograph was probably taken between 1940 (after which Dr. McCleery acquired mountain lions) and 1955…

Date: Probably between 1940 and 1955

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. Dr. McCleery acquired mountain lions during the 1940s.

This photograph was taken between 1940 (after which Dr. McCleery acquired mountain lions) and 1972 (when…

Date: Between 1940 and 1972

This excerpt describes two visits by the authors to Dr. McCleery's wolf park, probably in the 1940s.

Date: 1950

This document appears to have been written by Dr. McCleery, in which he describes himself and his work with wolves. I am uncertain of the circumstances under which this document was created. My best guess is that it may have been written for the benefit of the Kane Republican because it was in a box…

Date: May 1949

This article details the characteristics and behaviors of Dr. E. H. McCleery’s lobo wolves and how they differ from timber wolves. The leaflet written by Dr. McCleery is quoted. When the article was written, Dr. McCleery had 39 lobo wolves, and attacks by them had sent him to the hospital three…

Date: September 5, 1948

This photograph depicts (from left to right) Mildred "Millie" M. (Wichman) Fitch, Miss McCleery (I am unsure if this is Mary Nourse Byham McCleery or Helen Catherine McCleery, but I believe it is probably Helen Catherine McCleery), and Rose V. Carroll, standing at the entrance to Dr. McCleery's lobo…

Date: Probably the 1940s

This photograph depicts Dr. Edward Heber McCleery, often referred to as Dr. E. H. McCleery.

This photograph was probably taken in the 1940s or 1950s, judging by Dr. McCleery's age.

Date: Probably the 1940s or 1950s

This is a silent color 8mm film of Dr. McCleery's lobo wolves and mountain lions at the wolf park along Route 6 between Kane and Mt. Jewett, PA in 1948. A coyote can also be seen briefly in the cage next to the mountain lion. The film shows several adult wolves pacing and interacting in the snow.

Date: 1948

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

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

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

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