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  • Tags: The 1960s

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This film depicts two wolves eating and a young mountain lion being started at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: Probably the 1960s

An interview with Susan Williams, whose father Laurence (Pete) Williams was the Deputy Game Protector in the area and brought roadkill deer for Jack Lynch's wolves from 1965 to 1970. She remembers being fascinated with the mountain lion, seeing Marjorie Lynch shortly after she was attacked by the…
Date: July 29, 2014

An interview with Rob Paul who worked for Jack Lynch for two summers in the mid-1960s.
Date: July 13, 2014

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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 back-lit sign displays four photographs depicting the Kinzua Dam, Lobo Wolves, Rimrock Overlook, and Kinzua Bridge. The lobo wolves photograph depicts two wolves in a pen at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

This sign is one of a kind and was created for…
Date: Around 1964

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This photograph depicts several wolf pups in the wolf pup pen at Jack Lynch’s lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Rocky Holland took this photo between 1963 and 1964.
Date: Between 1963 and 1964

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This photograph depicts a light-colored wolf lying down in the grass at Jack Lynch’s lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Rocky Holland took this photo between 1963 and 1964.
Date: Between 1963 and 1964

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch with his pet Kim the Malamute - who served as the "wolf" mascot at the Kane High School's sports events - at a football game. Kim was often said to be half wolf or full wolf, but the Kane Republican reported that he was a Malamute dog.

This photograph was taken…
Date: Between 1962 and 1966

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch sitting on a metal "den" in a pen with two wolves at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: February 1962

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch sitting on a metal "den" in a pen with two wolves at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: February 1962

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This photograph depicts Marjorie and Jack Lynch at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign reading "Alaskan Timber Wolf" hangs on the fence of the pen behind them, and Jack Lynch is looking into the pen. Two wolves are visible.

Text on the back of…
Date: February 1962

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This photograph depicts Marjorie and Jack Lynch sitting on the railing at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign with the number four hangs on the fence of the pen behind them.

Text on the back of this photograph attributes it to the Kane Republican…
Date: February 1962

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This photograph depicts a woman (presumably Marjorie Lynch) riding a sled pulled by a team of six sled dogs. The back of the photo is labeled "Dog Sled."
Date: Probably 1962

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This photograph depicts Jack and Marjorie Lynch's male Malamute dog named Kim in a house, looking out a window.
Date: Probably 1962

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This photograph depicts Jack Lynch and Marjorie Lynch with their male Malamute dog named Kim.
Date: Probably 1962

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This photograph depicts a wolf in a pen at the lobo wolf park along Route 6 near Kane, Pennsylvania.
Date: November 1964

A memory submitted by Mickey Karns regarding his visits to the wolf park in the 1960s and 1970s, helping feed the wolves with Pup Smith who worked for Jack Lynch, and "Kim" the mascot of the Kane football team.
Date: April 18, 2014

A memory submitted by Carolyn (Myers) Kraintz regarding her visit to the lobo wolves.
Date: February 14, 2014

This article reports that Dr. E. H. McCleery has sold his wolf pack to Jack and Marjorie Lynch. The Lynches became interested in the wolves a little over a year ago through magazines and first visited the park during a 1960 Thanksgiving vacation trip. Dr. McCleery chose them over many other…
Date: February 5, 1962