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Paul Ecke Sr. with unidentified woman

Ecke Farm Road aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

Paul Ecke Sr. and Magdalena Ecke attached these bookplates to books in their family library. 

Paul Ecke Sr. (left).

Dummen facility, Costa Rica

Dr. Pat Morishita, an entomologist at the University of California Riverside, consulted at the Ecke Ranch. 

Paul Ecke Jr. promoting poinsettias on the Dinah Shore Show. The Ranch had to bloom poinsettias out of season to be featured on holiday shows as most Christmas shows were filmed in the preceding summer or fall.

Dr. Marc Cathey  (left), director, U.S. National Arboretum, Dinah Shore (center), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right) on the set of the Dinah Shore Show. Paul Ecke Jr. promoted poinsettias on national television shows during Christmas. The Paul Ecke Ranch…

Don Hubbard Sr. owned Don Hubbard Contracting, a San Marcos-based business. Don supported the YMCA, along with Paul Ecke Jr.

Picture taken south of the Encinitas Ranch House (in the background). Poinsettia bare root stock was dipped in mercury to kill any pathogens or pests prior to shipping the stock across the country by rail.

Delegation from the Japanese Poinsettia Growers Association touring the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA

From left to right: David Hartley and Ron Cramer, Paul Ecke Ranch employees. Picture taken in the Philippines. 

Prior to the 1960's, Poinsettia sales consisted primarily of cut flowers.

Ricardo Campos (general manager, Paul Ecke de Guatemala) and the engineer who helped design farm 1, near Antigua, Guatemala. 

Connie Van Hertzon was Paul Ecke Sr.'s boyhood friend, and eventually his attorney.