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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 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 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 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 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 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 photograph depicts the stonework and entrance to Dr. McCleery's wolf park between Gap and Coatesville, Pennsylvania. A stone archway, ticket booth, and turnstile are visible, as well as fencing, a barrel, and what looks like a ladder. The park looks fairly new and well-kept in this photograph,…

Date: Probably 1930

This photograph depicts a visitor at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The visitor is taking a photograph with a camera. #11 is written on the back of this photo.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the Route 6…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts several visitors at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. At least one of the visitors is photographing the wolves with a camera. #10 is written on the back of this photo.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts several visitors at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. At least two of the visitors are holding cameras, the foremost of which appears to be a movie camera. #9 is written on the back of this photo.

This photograph was taken between 1929…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts several visitors at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. At least four of the visitors are holding cameras. #8 is written on the back of this photo.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts two visitors at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. At least one of the visitors is holding a camera up to the fence of a wolf pen. #7 is written on the back of this photo.

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts two wolves near a den made of large rocks with a dish near the entrance at the lobo wolf park. One of the wolves is howling.

This photograph was taken between 1921 (when Dr. McCleery obtained his first wolf) and 1972 (when Jack Lynch moved the wolf park to Gardiner, WA).

Date: Between 1921 and 1972

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the number of bars on the door, the amount of wire on the fence, and the wire "skirt" of the fence).

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the number of bars on the door, the amount of wire on the fence, and the wire "skirt" of the fence).

This photograph was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the amount of wire on the fence). The back of the photo reads "John B. Cliff Kane, Pa."

This photo was taken between 1929 (when Dr. McCleery moved the wolf park to the…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This photograph depicts Dr. McCleery (who appears to have bandages on both hands) petting a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the wire on the ground and the amount and style of wire on the fence). The back of the photo reads "Dr.…

Date: Between 1929 and 1949

This photograph depicts the wolf named Pancho Villa at Dr. McCleery’s lobo wolf park. This photograph was featured in the Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) on February 21, 1932 which also attributed the photograph to A. A. Nicolas and identified the wolf as Pancho Villa, a Mexican wolf.

This…

Date: Between 1921 and 1932

This photograph depicts a wolf - a white arctic according to the caption - in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the amount of wire on the fence). The uncropped version is a postcard. The caption on the front of the card reads, "A…

Date: Between 1929 and 1949

This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA (judging by the amount of wire on the fence). This photo has a strip of yellowed paper on the back.

This photograph was featured in the Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) on…

Date: Between 1929 and 1932