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This photograph depicts Jack and Marjorie Lynch's male Malamute dog named Kim in a house, looking out a window.
Date: Probably 1962

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This photograph depicts two wolves in separate pens at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. The house in the distance on the left side of the photo looks like the Jones' house. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R. Jones and is captioned…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924

This article profiles Jack Lynch (54 years old), the keeper of the last of the lobo wolves, of which he currently owns 72. He has an additional 26 wolves of five other subspecies. Lynch describes the lobo subspecies as Canis lupus nubilus, whose historic range overlapped with Canis lupus irremotus,…
Date: November 5, 1979

Many companies offered their appreciation for and well-wishes to Dr. E. H. McCleery and Jack Lynch in this special edition of the Kane Republican. This advertisement by the Kane View Motel honors Dr. McCleery for his contribution to local tourism and for saving the lobo wolves, and expresses…
Date: February 20, 1962

This article reports that in February, Jack Lynch will move the wolves to a site near the Olympic National Park in Washington. He had been considering a move for the past few years because planned highway changes will diminish tourism potential, and meat for the wolves has been difficult to obtain.…
Date: January 17, 1972

This article describes a meeting of the Roosevelt Highway Association (held in Wellsboro, PA) attended by Dr. E. H. McCleery. Officers were re-elected at this meeting and discussion topics included advertising and the extension of Route 6. Partial text of the article is quoted below.
Date: October 17, 1931

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery will be among the Kane representatives at today's meeting of the Roosevelt Highway Association in Wellsboro, PA. Partial text of the article is quoted below.
Date: October 16, 1931

Many companies offered their appreciation for and well-wishes to Dr. E. H. McCleery and Jack Lynch in this special edition of the Kane Republican. This advertisement by the Kane Elks (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - BPOE) expresses its appreciation for Dr. McCleery, its feeling that the…
Date: February 20, 1962

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This photograph depicts four people - Ed Anderson (top left), an unidentified woman (top right), possibly Margaret Jones (bottom left), and Ruth Jones (bottom right) - on a rock by a lake. This photo is not necessarily relevant to Dr. McCleery's wolf park, but was scanned alongside other images.…
Date: Probably the early 1920s

This article reports that Dr. McCleery's (misspelled as McCleary) wolf park had 406 paying visitors on Sunday. Partial text of the article (everything relevant to Dr. McCleery) is quoted below.
Date: August 11, 1931

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery made a $10 contribution to the lake fund yesterday. $10 in 1931 translates to approximately $150 in 2013. Partial text of the article (everything relevant to Dr. McCleery) is quoted below.
Date: June 20, 1931

This article reports that Clyde P. Love, state commander of the Knights Templar, passed through Kane today to visit Dr. E. H. McCleery. Partial text of the article (everything relevant to Dr. McCleery) is quoted below.
Date: May 28, 1931

This article describes a busy day at the wolf park during which hundreds of people from several states took photos and movies of the wolves. During the tours, Dr. McCleery boldly entered the wolf pens. One wolf named Idaho kept trying to catch Dr. McCleery off guard, to no avail. Partial text of the…
Date: May 18, 1931

This article reports that Dr. McCleery (name misspelled as "McCleary") has acquired another owl for his park. Partial text of the article (everything relevant to Dr. McCleery) is quoted below.
Date: April 10, 1931

This article reports that the wolf park attracts more visitors with the coming of spring. Partial text of the article (everything relevant to Dr. McCleery) is quoted below.
Date: March 26, 1931

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This photograph depicts John Holland (a member of the board of the Dr. E. H. McCleery Buffalo Wolf Foundation) with the wolf named Idiot Elliot on his back at Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA.
Date: Between 1977 and 1979

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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 three wolves - two of which are standing and one of which is lying down - at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. According to the caption, one of these wolves is Jerry (the caption suggests that Jerry was female, but he was actually…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924

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One of Dr. McCleery's original wolves; his first wolf. His bloodline does not run in the current pack.
Birth Date: About March 1920
Death Date: Probably around mid-1925

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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