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This leaflet was distributed to visitors at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf park. It describes lobo wolves in general and their history, physical characteristics, and behavior, and provides stories about the individual wolves in each of the pens. The leaflet was updated from time to time, so different…

Date: 1940

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

The 1940 Census describes the McCleery household at 3 Park Avenue South in Kane, PA - a house which the family owns and where they have been living since at least April 1, 1935.

Edward H. McCleery, head of the household, is described as a white 72-year-old male who works as a physician at a…

Date: April 11, 1940

The 1940 Census describes Rose V. Carroll as female, white, 42 years old, and born in Pennsylvania. She lives on Route 6 in a house worth $2,000 which she owns, and she has been living there since at least April 1, 1935. She is single and the only person in her household. Her highest level of…

Date: May 15, 1940

This excerpt describes the "Lobo Wolf Pens" where visitors can see the dangerous, untamable, and often cannibalistic lobo wolves. The park is open daily and admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.

Date: December 1940

This is a silent 8mm film of Dr. McCleery's lobo wolves filmed by John and Virginia Darnley who lived in Heidelberg, PA. The film shows several of the wolves in their pens howling, pacing, and scratching. The year range 1941-1942 was written on the film reel.

Date: Between 1941 and 1942

This photograph depicts Mildred "Millie" M. (Wichman) Fitch - who was born and raised on Westwind Road in Kane, PA and worked at Dr. McCleery's wolf farm - holding a wolf pup at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: 1941

This photograph depicts Claude Mollander Jr. holding his dead pet dog. The dog was killed in February 1946 by a mountain lion which escaped from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the scrapbook of Earl C. Jones.

Date: February 1946

This photograph depicts Claude Mollander Jr. holding his dead pet dog. The dog was killed in February 1946 by a mountain lion which escaped from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This photograph is included in the scrapbook of Earl C. Jones.

Date: February 1946

This photograph depicts Claude Mollander Jr. and (I believe) his sister Marjorie Mollander holding their dead pet dog. The dog was killed in February 1946 by a mountain lion which escaped from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This photograph is…

Date: February 1946

This photograph depicts a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by Sergeant Charles E. Stacy.

Date: February 14, 1946

This photograph depicts Ron Moyer (then 10 years old) standing with his arm on a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion…

Date: February 14, 1946

This photograph depicts Ron Moyer (then 10 years old) sitting on a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was…

Date: February 14, 1946

This photograph depicts five men (from left to right: Jim Farnsworth, Loot Farnsworth, Charles Stacy, Alf Farnsworth, and Cliff Moyer) with a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February…

Date: February 14, 1946

This photograph depicts five men (from left to right: Loot Farnsworth, Jim Farnsworth, Alf Farnsworth, and Cliff Moyer) and a dog with a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946…

Date: February 14, 1946

This photograph depicts Sergeant Charles E. Stacy with a cat and a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was…

Date: February 14, 1946

This photograph depicts a cat rubbing up against a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by…

Date: February 14, 1946

This photograph depicts a dead mountain lion from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The mountain lion escaped from the park in February 1946 and killed Claude Mollander Jr.'s dog. The mountain lion was subsequently shot by Sergeant Charles E.…

Date: February 18, 1946

This photograph depicts a mountain lion in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

Date: 1947

This photograph depicts two men (one of whom is Lyle Ackley) at the entrance to Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The stone archway (from which a lamp and "open" sign are hanging), ticket both, and two large, flat rocks are visible in the distance.

Date: 1947