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Holiday Telecast with Orchestra
Transcription on back: "To Paul Ecke Poinsettias with sincere appreciation for your gifts of beautiful plants which added so much to our traditional holiday telecasts. Christmas 1981." Unknown signatures
Henrietta Ecke, a boy and a bear
Henrietta Ecke was Paul Ecke Sr.'s mother.
Hegg family
Presumably members of the Hegg family (daughters of Franz Hegg), Norway. The Hegg family were partners of the Ecke Ranch in Europe for plant licensing.
Grading Field Grown Stock Plants
Paul Ecke Sr. (left), William Dealy (right, without a hat). Bill Dealy was married to Ruth (Crix) Ecke, Paul and Magdalena Ecke's daughter.
Friends at Barbara Winter's home, Fullerton, CA
From left to right: Paul Ecke Sr., Magdalena Ecke, Mildred Macphearson (Magdalena Ecke's best friend), Gertrude Fohl and her daughter Louise Fohl (long time family friends).
Franz Freuwirth, poinsettia breeder, Paul Ecke Ranch
Franz Freuwirth standing in the greenhouse where he did much of the poinsettia breeding at the Paul Ecke Ranch.
Flower Fields Alliance members
From left to right: Joel Goldsmith, Goldsmith Seeds, Joseph Fischer, Fischer Geraniums, Paul Ecke III, Tom Doak, Yoder Brothers, and Richard Goldsmith, Goldsmith Seeds. The Flower Fields Alliance included four independent flower breeders.
Experimental double deck propagation system for poinsettia cuttings
Experimental double deck propagation system for poinsettia cuttings.
Encinitas Holiday Parade
Paul Ecke Sr. (Grand Marshall), Sara Ecke May and Magdalena Ecke.
Employees sticking cuttings of a spring plant
Yolanda Rocha (left) and Abel Morales.
Employees in front of the vacuum cooler at Farm 2, Paul Ecke de Guatemala
Ricardo Campos (right), general manager, Paul Ecke de Guatemala, in front of the vacuum cooler used to cool cuttings after harvest.
Employees dancing at the summer party in the Ranch house yard
Norma Montano (bottom left) was a long time Ranch employee.
Employee summer party in the front pasture of the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Employee summer party in the front pasture of the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.