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Paul Ecke, Sr. and chief breeder, Franz Fruehwirth pose potted plants

Paul Ecke Jr. (right). The picture was taken on the Paul Ecke Ranch in what were animal pens from the time Paul Ecke Jr.'s children were young and in 4-H. The pens and barn were eventually used as a growing area, with the barn built like a…

Paul Ecke, Jr. (second from left). The group is sporting Paul Ecke Ranch trucker hats. 

Picture taken presumably at the Del Mar Fair. From left to right: Tim Fennell's wife (Tim was the CEO/General Manager of the Del Mar Fair Grounds), Paul Ecke, Jr., and unidentified person. Paul Ecke, Jr. was on the Del Mar Fair Board for eight years…

Picture taken at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.. Paul Ecke, Jr. was on the Board of Directors of the Arboretum in the 1990's.

Paul and Magdalena Ecke moved into their "new" (second) house on the Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA in 1957. This is the same house he passed away in at age 96. 

Paul Ecke Sr's 80th birthday party in one of the Ecke Ranch Barns.

Paul Ecke Sr.'s 80th birthday party in Barn 2, the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.

Paul Ecke Sr. with unidentified woman

Paul Ecke Sr. (right) with unidentified man

Third from left: Mable __. Far right: Blick Blinkenstaff, office manager.

Paul Ecke Sr. in the the Bird of Paradise fields on the Encinitas Ranch looking north. The white sleeves were put over the flowers to protect them. 

Paul Ecke Sr. at unidentified location