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This photograph depicts Claude Mollander Jr. holding his dead pet dog. The dog was killed in February 1946 by a mountain lion which escaped from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the scrapbook of Earl C. Jones.

Date: February 1946

This photograph depicts an animal - probably a wolf or coyote - in a pen filled with what looks like straw, surrounded by visitors at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign for the wolf park is visible in the distance.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6…

Date: Between 1929 and 1962

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Route 6 is visible in the distance.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1962 (when…

Date: Between 1929 and 1962

This photograph depicts a headshot of a wolf in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the amount of wire on the fence and the fence "skirt"). The back of this photo is stamped with Oct 3 1992.

This photograph was taken between 1929…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1972 (when Jack Lynch moved the wolf park to Gardiner, WA).

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts a white wolf howling at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The photo has a yellowed paper strip on the back.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1972 (when Jack Lynch…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts a wolf behind a fence at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the amount of wire on the fence).

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1972 (when…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

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

This is a silent 8mm film of Dr. McCleery's lobo wolves filmed by John and Virginia Darnley who lived in Heidelberg, PA. The film shows several of the wolves in their pens howling, pacing, and scratching. The year range 1941-1942 was written on the film reel.

Date: Between 1941 and 1942

This excerpt describes the "Lobo Wolf Pens" where visitors can see the dangerous, untamable, and often cannibalistic lobo wolves. The park is open daily and admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.

Date: December 1940

The 1940 Census describes Rose V. Carroll as female, white, 42 years old, and born in Pennsylvania. She lives on Route 6 in a house worth $2,000 which she owns, and she has been living there since at least April 1, 1935. She is single and the only person in her household. Her highest level of…

Date: May 15, 1940

The 1940 Census describes the McCleery household at 3 Park Avenue South in Kane, PA - a house which the family owns and where they have been living since at least April 1, 1935.

Edward H. McCleery, head of the household, is described as a white 72-year-old male who works as a physician at a…

Date: April 11, 1940

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

Judging by Jack Powell's age in the other photographs in this series, I believe this photograph was probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s.

Date: Probably the 1930s or 1940s

This photograph depicts Jack Powell (1921 - 2009) standing in front of the wolf pens at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Judging by Jack Powell's age, I believe this photograph was probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s.

Date: Probably the 1930s or 1940s

A wolf head taxidermy of one of Dr. McCleery's wolves. This taxidermy is on display at the Kane Depot in Kane, PA. It was donated to the Kane Historic Preservation Society by J. P. Weritz, who obtained it from Chuck Anderson, a nephew of Earl Jones.

Date: Between 1921 and 1962

This lamp hung at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts two wolves in a pen at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Additional wolves are visible in a neighboring pen.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1972 (when Jack…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

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

This photograph depicts Jack Powell (1921 - 2009) holding a wolf pup at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Judging by Jack Powell's age, I believe this photograph was probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s.

Date: Probably the 1930s or 1940s