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This photograph depicts a big wolf running towards the viewer at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A wolf in a neighboring pen is also visible.

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

Date: Between 1929 and 1962

This photograph depicts two wolves standing on a metal "den" in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. One of the wolves is howling. The uncropped version of this photograph is included in the scrapbook of Earl C. Jones. The cropped version of…

Date: Between 1929 and 1949

This photograph depicts a big wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. At least two other wolves are visible in the distance.

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

Date: Between 1929 and 1962

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery in a pen with a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Another wolf is visible in the distance. This photo appears to be part of a series in which Dr. McCleery and Earl Jones appear in other photos.This…

Date: Between 1929 and 1962

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 photograph depicts Sergeant C. E. Stacy at the State Police barracks at the corner of Fraley Street and Poplar Street in Kane, PA. Sergeant Stacey shot the mountain lion which escaped from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park (located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA) and which killed the dog…

Date: Probably the 1930s or early 1940s

This photograph depicts a man who looks like Earl Jones (but I am not certain) with four wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. This is a postcard. The caption on the front of the card reads, "McCleery's Lobo and White Arctic Wolves - Kane, Pennsylvania."

This postcard was published between…

Date: Between 1921 and 1962

This real photo postcard depicts three wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park along Route 6. One of the wolves is standing on a makeshift den (an iron box). I am guessing that the photo was taken between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

Date: Between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

This real photo postcard depicts two wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park along Route 6. One of the wolves is lying on a makeshift den (an iron box). I am guessing that the photo was taken between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

Date: Between 1929 and 1962, but probably in the 1930s or 1940s.

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 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 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 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 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

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 leaflet was distributed to visitors at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf park. It describes lobo wolves in general and their history, physical characteristics, and behavior, and provides stories about the individual wolves in each of the pens. The leaflet was updated from time to time, so different…

Date: 1940

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. A few more wolves can be seen in the background. The photo also depicts the wolf pen gate door, wire laid on the ground at the bottom of the fence, a tree stump, and a…

Date: Between 1929 and 1941

This photograph depicts a wolf licking its lips 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). I believe this photo was taken by A. A. Nicolas due to the handwritten copyright symbol.

This photograph was…

Date: Between 1929 and 1949

This photograph depicts three wolves (two in one pen and one in a neighboring 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).

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

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts a wolf near its metal "den" 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,…

Date: Between 1921 and 1972