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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 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 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 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.

This photograph is from a 1939 photo album.

Date: 1939

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 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 two 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 Highlands".…

Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

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 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 the large wolf-shaped sign that reads "LOBO WOLVES" which stood at the entrance to the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: August 1968

This poem was inspired by Lobo Land in Gardiner, WA and incorporates a description of the wolves as the author perceived them.

Date: 1977

This article reports that Jack Lynch is moving the wolves to a location near the Olympic National Park in Washingtonian. About 20 of the wolves have been air-lifted to the new location, and Jack is tranquilizing the remaining 31 wolves (including pregnant females) to prepare them for shipment via…

Date: February 15, 1972

This article reports that Kane Mayor Edgar James has commented on Jack Lynch's plans to move the lobo wolves to the west coast. Though plans to move the wolves have been reported almost since Lynch bought the park from Dr. McCleery, James regrets that it is happening and describes the necessity of…

Date: January 18, 1972

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery carrying a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R. Jones and is captioned "Loving friends."

The photo album of Margaret R. Jones includes two notes. One…

Date: Between 1921 and 1924

This article reports that Jack Lynch (age 57) and Mary Wheeler (age 52) are moving the wolves in their care to a 160-acre lot which they have recently purchased in the Gallatin Range, Montana. One of Lynch's reasons for the move is that Montana is the wolves' natural range and they will lose…

Date: October 19, 1980

The "Travel" section of this article describes the "Lobo Wolf Park" and its collection of various types of wolves, business hours, feeding times, and admission prices.

Date: April 1970

This photograph depicts an unidentified man and woman outside a brick building. It is not necessarily relevant to Dr. McCleery's wolf park, but was scanned alongside other images. This photograph is included in the photo album of Ruth A. Jones.

Date: Probably the early 1920s

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