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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

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

Judging by the quality of the photograph, and the fact that it appears to be in a series with another photograph from 1968, it was probably taken in the 1960s.
Date: Probably the 1960s

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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery in a pen with a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Another wolf is visible in the distance. This photo appears to be part of a series in which Dr. McCleery and Earl Jones appear in other photos.This…
Date: Between 1929 and 1962

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This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery in a pen with rocks on the ground with a wolf and two buckets at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6 location) and 1962 (when…
Date: Between 1929 and 1962

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This photograph depicts Robert B. Jones (superintendent of Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park while it was located within the town limits of Kane, PA) and his wife Margaret Jones. They were the parents of Earl C. Jones (a keeper at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park).
Date: 1940

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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 is a silent Fox Movietone News reel which depicts Dr. McCleery standing in front of the wolf park entrance and then walking in the fenced-in runway between the wolf pens as the wolves fight through the wire of the pens. Visitors to the wolf park can be seen outside of the pens.

This film is…
Date: Early 1930s

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A memory submitted by John Holland who served on the board of directors at Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve (located in Gardiner, WA) and volunteered at the wolf sanctuary between 1977 and 1981. He also purchased three Alaskan wolves (Canis lupus pambasileus) from Jack Lynch which he raised in an…
Date: June 25, 2014

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This photograph depicts the wolf-shaped sign at the entrance to Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA, overlooking Discovery Bay.
Date: Between 1977 and 1979

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch in the back of his truck with chicken necks to feed the wolves at his buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA.
Date: Between 1977 and 1979

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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 Mary Wheeler holding a wolf pup at Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA. The wolf-shaped sign at the entrance of the park is visible in the distance.
Date: Between 1977 and 1979

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This photograph depicts Mary Wheeler with a wolf pup at Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA. The wolf-shaped sign at the entrance of the park is visible in the distance.
Date: Between 1977 and 1979

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This photograph depicts the truck at Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA.
Date: Between 1977 and 1979

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This photograph depicts a wolf at Jack Lynch's buffalo wolf preserve, located in Gardiner, WA.
Date: Between 1977 and 1979