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kec2013-newwolf5-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts a light brown wolf in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "CANIS LUPUS NUBILUS (LOBO or BUFFALO WOLVES) at the LOBO WOLF PARK, 6 miles east of Kane, Pa. on…
Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

kec2013-newwolf3-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts a light gray wolf lying in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "CANIS LUPUS NUBILUS (LOBO or BUFFALO WOLVES) at the LOBO WOLF PARK, 6 miles east of Kane,…
Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

kec2013-newwolf6-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts an orange-colored wolf standing on top of a metal "den" in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "CANIS LUPUS NUBILUS (LOBO or BUFFALO WOLVES) at the LOBO WOLF…
Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

kec2013-newwolf1-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts a dark orange wolf standing in the snow at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Jack Lynch identified this wolf as Saber in George N. Ostrom's scrapbook. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "CANIS LUPUS…
Date: Probably between 1949 and 1956

kec2013-whitewolves-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts two white wolves in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the back of the card reads, "LOBO WOLVES at Wolfe Park, 6 miles east of Kane, Pennsylvania on U. S. Rt. 6 in the "Seneca…
Date: Between 1949 and 1956

kec2013-mccleerywolfpack-postcard-retouched.jpg
This color linen postcard is an illustration depicting five wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA, among trees and metal "dens." The caption reads "The McCleery Wolf Pack at Kane, Pa." The artwork is signed "M. C. MacEwen '31" and the code 3A357…
Date: 1931

kec2013-onlylobowolves-postcard.jpg
This color linen postcard depicts four wolves in pens at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The caption on the front of the card reads "Only Lobo Wolves in the World, on Roosevelt Highway between Mt. Jewett and Kane, Pa." The caption on the back of the…
Date: Between 1929 and 1938

kec2013-drehmccleery-postcard-retouched.jpg
This color linen postcard depicts Dr. McCleery with two wolves (and an additional wolf in the distance) at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The caption on the front of the card reads, "Dr. E. H. McCleery and His Famed Wolf Park." The caption on the…
Date: Between 1929 and 1947

kec2013-happysnowcolor-postcard-retouched.jpg
This color linen postcard is a colored version of a photograph which depicts a wolf lying down at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. The background of the original photograph was cut out and replaced with an illustration of trees. The caption on the front of the card reads "McCleery's Lobo and White…
Date: The original photo was taken between 1921 and 1929. The colored version was made between 1921 and 1962.

kec2013-happysnowbw-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts a wolf lying down at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the front of the card reads, "McCleery's Lobo and White Arctic Wolves - Kane, Pennsylvania." The back of the card reads, "Genuine Photo by…
Date: Between 1921 and 1929

kec2013-mccleeryslobo-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts a wolf howling at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. The caption on the front of the card reads, "McCleery's Lobo and White Arctic Wolves - Kane, Pennsylvania." The back of the card reads, "Genuine Photo by Garraway…
Date: Between 1921 and 1929

kec2013-mccleerykiss-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery being kissed by a wolf. Judging by Dr. McCleery's age - and the vague surroundings of this postcard and the other postcards which appear to be in the same series - I believe (but am not certain) that this photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located…
Date: Probably between 1921 and 1929

kec2013-wolffence-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts a wolf sitting in the snow behind a fence. Judging by the presence of only one layer of fencing - and the vague surroundings of this postcard and the other postcards which appear to be in the same series - I believe (but am not certain) that this photo was taken at Dr.…
Date: Probably between 1921 and 1929

kec2013-lyingwolf-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts a wolf lying in the snow in a pen. Judging by the presence of a birthing den and the wide fencing style, I believe (but am not certain) that this photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Therefore, this photograph was…
Date: Probably between 1921 and 1929

kec2013-twowolves-postcard-retouched.jpg
This photograph depicts two wolves in a pen. Judging by the vague surroundings of the other postcards which appear to be in the same series, I believe (but am not certain) that this photo was taken at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. Therefore, this…
Date: Probably between 1921 and 1929

kec2013-loboreadytospring-postcard.jpg
This photograph depicts a wolf walking in the snow in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. This is a postcard. The caption on the front of the card reads, "© Nicolas "Lobo Ready to Spring."" The word "lobo" in this caption may refer to the term "lobo wolf" or to Dr. McCleery's wolf named…
Date: Between 1921 and 1949

kec2013-bigwolf-postcard.jpg
This photograph depicts a big wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is a postcard. At least two other wolves are visible in the distance.

This postcard was published between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6…
Date: Between 1929 and 1962

kec2013-playing-postcard.jpg
This photograph depicts a man who looks like Earl Jones (but I am not certain) with four wolves at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park. This is a postcard. The caption on the front of the card reads, "McCleery's Lobo and White Arctic Wolves - Kane, Pennsylvania."

This postcard was published between…
Date: Between 1921 and 1962

kec2013-custerwolf-postcard.jpg
This photograph depicts two wolves (presumably offspring of the famous outlaw wolf named "The Custer Wolf") in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (although little of this pen is visible, another photo which is clearly from the Route 6 location…
Date: Between 1929 and 1949

kec2014-postcards002-03.jpg
This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery standing with two of his wolves - one of which is yawning - at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. This is a divided Defender postcard.

This postcard was published between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf)…
Date: Between 1921 and 1929