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  • Tags: The 1940s

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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

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This photograph depicts Claude Mollander Jr. and (I believe) his sister Marjorie Mollander holding their 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…
Date: February 1946

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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

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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

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This photograph depicts Ron Moyer (then 10 years old) sitting on a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was…
Date: February 14, 1946

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This photograph depicts Ron Moyer (then 10 years old) standing with his arm on a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion…
Date: February 14, 1946

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This photograph depicts a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by Sergeant Charles E. Stacy.
Date: February 14, 1946

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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

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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

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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

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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

This article is a reprint of the February 15, 1946 story that one of Dr. E. H. McCleery's three mountain lions escaped from the park. The lion encountered a local six-year-old boy, Claude Mollander Jr., and his pet dog who were playing in their yard. The dog attacked the lion and died in the…
Date: February 20, 1962

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 excerpt describes two visits by the authors to Dr. McCleery's wolf park, probably in the 1940s.
Date: 1950