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This photograph depicts a wolf at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

The back of this photograph has a stamp which reads "Kodachrome Enlargement, Made by Kodak, Mar. 68R," suggesting that it was developed in March 1968.
Date: March 1968

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This photograph depicts two wolves in a pen at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Additional wolves are visible in a neighboring pen.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1972 (when Jack…
Date: Between 1929 and 1972

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This lamp hung at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: Between 1929 and 1972

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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

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This umbrella belonged to Dr. E. H. McCleery. Dr. McCleery left his umbrella at the Hamlin Bank in Kane, PA, probably in the late 50s or early 60s when he was very old. Betty Johnson, a teller at the bank, put the umbrella in the back where it stayed for several years before she took it home. In the…
Date: Probably the 1950s

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A wolf head taxidermy of one of Dr. McCleery's wolves. This taxidermy is on display at the Kane Depot in Kane, PA. It was donated to the Kane Historic Preservation Society by J. P. Weritz, who obtained it from Chuck Anderson, a nephew of Earl Jones.
Date: Between 1921 and 1962

An interview with Rob Paul who worked for Jack Lynch for two summers in the mid-1960s.
Date: July 13, 2014

An interview with Susan Williams, whose father Laurence (Pete) Williams was the Deputy Game Protector in the area and brought roadkill deer for Jack Lynch's wolves from 1965 to 1970. She remembers being fascinated with the mountain lion, seeing Marjorie Lynch shortly after she was attacked by the…
Date: July 29, 2014

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This antler is from a bull elk shot by Dr. E. H. McCleery in the western United States, possibly in Montana.

According to John Lorenzo (great nephew of Earl Jones, Dr. McCleery's main wolf keeper), John found the antlers in the attic at the Jones' house on Pine Street and asked his grandpa Ed…
Date: The elk was probably shot between 1891 and 1945

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According to Lou and Pat Beckwith Widmer, this wooden sign hung on the pen of Dr. McCleery's wolf named Clancey.
Date: Probably between 1929 and 1962

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This photograph depicts a sign advertising the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The sign reads "Worlds Only Lobo Wolves East of Kane on U.S. 6."
Date: August 30, 2013

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This photograph depicts Dr. Edward Heber McCleery, often referred to as Dr. E. H. McCleery.

This photograph was probably taken in the 1940s or 1950s, judging by Dr. McCleery's age.
Date: Probably the 1940s or 1950s

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This photograph depicts two unidentified girls in a neighborhood, presumably in Kane, PA. 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 Margaret R. Jones.

The photo album of Margaret R. Jones…
Date: Probably the early 1920s

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This photograph depicts Margaret Jones standing in front of the Jones' house in Kane, PA. The pens of Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, are visible in the distance. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R. Jones.

The photo album of…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924

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This photograph depicts Emma Anderson Wells holding a bouquet of flowers in a field, presumably in Kane, PA. 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 Margaret R. Jones and is (as best as I…
Date: Probably the early 1920s

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This photograph depicts a boy named Richard standing by what appears to be a pumpkin patch, presumably in Kane, PA. A building is visible in the distance. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R. Jones and is captioned "Richard."

The photo album of Margaret R. Jones includes…
Date: Probably the early 1920s

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This photograph depicts Margaret Jones with a woman named Vivian standing by the fence at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Also visible in the distance are several people, presumably wolf park visitors, walking among the wolf pens. This photograph is…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924

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This photograph depicts the Swansons' house, presumably in Kane, PA. 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 Margaret R. Jones and is captioned "Swansons Homestead."

The photo album of…
Date: Probably the early 1920s

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This photograph depicts six unidentified people - four girls and two boys - outside of what appears to be the old Kane, PA high school on Chestnut Street. This photo is not necessarily relevant to Dr. McCleery's wolf park, but was scanned alongside other images. This photograph is included in the…
Date: Probably the early 1920s

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This photograph depicts an unidentified boy standing by the fence at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Also visible in the distance are a birdhouse on one of the fence posts, and two buildings. This photograph is included in the photo album of Ruth A.…
Date: Probably between 1921 and 1925