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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery with one of his wolves with its paws on his shoulders, giving him a kiss, 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.…

Date: Between 1921 and 1929

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 crouching down and holding out his hand (possible holding food) above four wolf pups crowding around him. This photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. I believe this photo was taken by A. A. Nicolas due to the…

Date: Between 1921 and 1928

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery standing and holding out his hand (possible holding food) above four wolf pups crowding around him. This photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. I believe this photo was taken by A. A. Nicolas due to the…

Date: Between 1921 and 1928

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery holding a food bucket, about to feed the four wolf pups crowding around him. A birthing box is visible in the distance. This photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. I believe this photo was taken by A. A.…

Date: Between 1921 and 1928

A memory submitted by Karen Kelley D'Anna regarding her father Fred Kelley who used to live next door to Dr. McCleery.

Date: February 10, 2014

This book describes the author's experiences visiting the lobo wolves as a child and how their presence in her town affected her life. The author mentions that Dr. McCleery was initially a wolf bounty hunter, and also mentions that she called Jack Lynch to learn about the wolves' current status and…

Date: 2008

This yearbook's theme of the wolf was inspired by Dr. E. H. McCleery's local wolf pack in Kane, PA. The yearbook contains a writeup on page 10 about Dr. McCleery's wolf park which describes Dr. McCleery's notoriety, the setup of the park, and the wolves and their origin. It mentions that an…

Date: 1926

This picture depicts Boreas, whom Dr. McCleery acquired in 1921. This photo was taken by the time the Hurri-Kane Yearbook was published in 1926, as it appears in the yearbook. I am making a guess that this photograph was taken by A. A. Nicolas based on the style.

The version of this photograph…

Date: Between 1921 and 1926

This photograph depicts a wolf lying down in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located in Kane, PA. This photo was included in the 1926 Hurri-Kane Yearbook, dating it between 1921 and 1926.

Date: Between 1921 and 1926

This photo was included in the 1926 Hurri-Kane Yearbook, dating it between 1921 and 1926.

I am making a guess that this photograph was taken by A. A. Nicolas based on the style of the writing on the postcard version of this photograph.

Date: Between 1921 and 1926

I believe this picture depicts the first Achilles; Dr. McCleery was fond of the name, and also had wolves named Achilles Jr., Achilles III, and Achilles IV. Several early postcards exist depicting Dr. McCleery's original wolves, and I believe this is one of them. Dr. McCleery obtained Achilles in…

Date: Between 1921 and 1926

This postcard depicts Dr. E. H. McCleery with one of his wolves. The photo was taken in 1926 and depicts Dr. McCleery's first wolf park, which was at his home property.

Date: 1926

This article, which appears in the "Interesting Pictures of Interesting People" section, profiles Dr. E. H. McCleery and describes his hobby of keeping a wolf pack. At the age of 12 he wanted a wolf, but his father objected. Later in 1921, after becoming a leading physician in Kane, he obtained his…

Date: February 1931

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 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