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Paul Ecke Jr. at Flower Auction in the San Diego International Floral Trade Center, Carlsbad.

Visual index of 35mm slides in the Ecke collection. Slides cover a variety of subjects, dates, locations and people. Prominent in the collection are pictures of varieties of poinsettias, flowering plants and other marketing material.

As of 2018, the San Onefre Ranch is a part of Camp Pendleton. The Ecke Ranch grew poinsettias outdoors in the fields (top right and center of the image). 

Alex Laurie, floriculture professor, Ohio State University. The Society of American Florists established an award in his name in 1948.

Andreas Kientzler,  Kientzler Company and Innovaplant with wife, presumably in Costa Rica.

Articles of Incorporation of Paul Ecke Ranch

Assignment of issued patents (8) by Paul Ecke to Paul Ecke, Inc..

At Fides, Dutch company. 

From left to right: Paul Ecke Jr., Manabu Kurishima, Kimie Kurishima (wife of Manabu), Lizbeth Ecke, and Professor Tsurishima. Taken on a business trip to visit Japanese poinsettia growers and establish a plant patent act in Japan.

By-Laws of Paul Ecke Ranch

CA Congressman Bob Wilson presenting Ecke poinsettias to President Richard Nixon.

Presumably at the Lake Arrowhead Cabin where the Ecke family went every summer. Elisabeth "Jinx" Ecke engaged someone to help with the three children. 

The picture was taken presumably from the Carlsbad Ranch, site of the modern day Flower Fields. 

Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of Paul Ecke Ranch filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California

Paul Ecke, Jr. and Elisabeth K. Ecke certify that they are the President and Secretary of Paul Ecke, Inc., a California Corporation that owns all the outstanding shares of Paul Ecke Ranch, and that the name of the corporation would merge to…