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Machine to make soil blocks

Paul Ecke III and his 4-H steer, Beebe

Paul Ecke III outside of Barn 2 with one of the first Duroc pigs in San Diego County, "J. Peter", named after the family friend and dentist, J. Peter Fitzpatrick.

Paul Ecke Jr. and Thony Maurer (Magdalena Ecke's brother) at Barn 1, Paul Ecke Ranch in Encinitas. Boxes in the background are filled with bare root poinsettias to be sent by rail car across the country. The large scale on the right was used to weigh…

The Paul Ecke Ranch, Inc. Business Records and Family Papers

Rolling bench system for poinsettia cuttings.

Picture taken at the Encinitas Train Station, in downtown Encinitas. Second from left: Charlie McCarver. Behind him: Ernie Ruth.

Lower right: Paul Ecke Sr.. The truck would head to the Encinitas Train Station to ship boxes of bare root poinsettias. Customers would plant them and they would grow into large plants. Cut poinsettias would then be harvested from them.

Homemade rat cover on top of tractor

Ten people sitting outside

Unidentified people posing in greenhouse

Workers in the greenhouse