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This card advertises Dr. E. H. McCleery's secondary wolf park between Coatesville and Gap, Pennsylvania, along the Lincoln Highway. The front of the card states that the pack contains 25 giant wolves and has been shown in all parts of the world by picture news reels, and the back of the card…

Date: 1930

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery has completed transportation of his wolves and that the new park on Route 6 is now occupied by the entire pack of 72 wolves. Seventeen wolf pups remain at the stone house at the West Side Park where they are being tamed.

Construction of the park is…

Date: May 11, 1929

This photograph depicts two wolf pups at the entrance of a den made of large rocks and metal poles at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. I believe this photo was taken by A. A. Nicolas due to the caption style and handwritten copyright symbol.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery…

Date: Between 1921 and 1939

This book by Dr. E. H. McCleery describes the different subspecies of wolves, the psychology of his wolves, and provides anecdotes of the pack. It completely covers the time at the Kane wolf park, and a short amount of time at the Route 6 wolf park. The poem on the last page was written by the Kane…

Date: 1929

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery has purchased 25 acres of land from the Kane Estate. In the early spring, he will move his wolf pack to this new location along the Roosevelt Highway, midway between Kane and Mt. Jewett, in the hopes of attracting more tourists to help fund the project.…

Date: November 3, 1928

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery has sold a four-month-old wolf pup to Dr. R. Duque Strada (which may be a misspelling of Estrada) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. McCleery has sold wolves to people in England, northern Canada, and California before, but this is his first sale to South…

Date: September 12, 1928

This article describes Dr. E. H. McCleery's frustration with trying to find a new location for his wolf park. Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Asheville, NC are attempting to persuade Dr. McCleery to move his park there, but he would prefer to keep the wolves in Kane. He expresses his indignation at land…

Date: September 12, 1928

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery giving one of his wolves a kiss at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. This is a divided Defender postcard.

This postcard was published between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1962 (when Dr. McCleery passed away).

Date: Between 1921 and 1962

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery feeding several wolves in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Two rolls of wire are on the ground outside the pens and several wooden boxes are visible. This photo is labeled "Lobo Wolves West Side."

This…

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts the Kane Wolves football team in 1928 outside of the old Kane, PA high school on Chestnut Street. Two of the team members are holding two live young wolves.

This particular scan is from a Kane-specific 1988 calendar (this was the August picture) so it may have been…

Date: Photographed in 1928 and reprinted as a calendar image in 1988

This photograph depicts two wolves standing side by side at Dr. McCleery’s Lobo Wolf Park. This is a postcard. The caption on the front of the card reads, "Solid Phalanx in Front of Den - ©." I believe this photo was taken by A. A. Nicolas due to the caption style and handwritten copyright…

Date: Between 1921 and 1949

This photograph depicts seven wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Birthing dens are visible. I believe this photo was taken by A. A. Nicolas due to the caption style and handwritten copyright symbol. This photograph was included in the 1929 Hurri-Kane…

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery in a pen with four wolves which are fighting with a fifth wolf through the wire fence at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. The back of the photograph has handwriting which indicates that the photo was either taken or used…

Date: Between 1921 and 1928

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1949 (when dated material shows Dr. McCleery looking much older).

Date: Between 1921 and 1949

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery sitting in a pen with at least eight wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the February 1931 issue of the American Magazine where it is attributed to A. A. Nicolas and where the wolf…

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts at least eleven wolf pups crowded around a dish at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. The uncropped version of this item is an AZO undivided postcard and the back has writing which indicates that the photograph was either taken or used…

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts five wolf pups around a dish at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA.

This postcard was published between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location).

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts five wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA.

This postcard was published between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location).

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups, which appear to be touching noses, at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1949 (when dated material shows Dr. McCleery looking much older).

Date: Between 1921 and 1949

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding two wolf pups at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1949 (when dated material shows Dr. McCleery looking much older).

Date: Between 1921 and 1949