Ecke Pages

Electric cart pulling trays of summer Poinsettia cuttings to be shipped during propagation season

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Electric cart pulling trays of summer Poinsettia cuttings to be shipped during propagation season

Tags: California--Encinitas, Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias

Paul Ecke Sr. with unidentified man

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Paul Ecke Sr. (right) with unidentified man

Tags: Family-owned business enterprises, Greenhouses, Poinsettias

Ecke Ranch Christmas party

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Paul Ecke Sr. with unidentified woman

Tags: California--Encinitas, Family-owned business enterprises, Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias

Unidentified event with Dr. Marc Cathey, Marci Cathey, and Paul Ecke Jr.

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Dr. Marc Cathey (left), director, U.S. National Arboretum, Marci Cathey (daughter), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right). Poinsettia tree in the background.

Tags: Agricultural exhibitions, Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias

Paul Ecke, Jr. with unidentified people

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Tags: Cut flowers, Ecke family, Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias

Shipping bare root poinsettias by rail

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

Tags: California--Encinitas, Photographs--History--20th century, Photography--Agricultural, Poinsettias

CA Congressman Bob Wilson presenting Ecke poinsettias to President Richard Nixon

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

Tags: Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias, Richard Nixon (1913-1994)

Hegg family

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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.

Tags: Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias, Staged photography

Workers with field-cut poinsettias

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Workers with field-cut poinsettias

Tags: Cut flowers, Historic agricultural landscapes, Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias

Paul Ecke III and Mrs. Amelita Ramos, first lady of the Philippines

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The Eckes first met with Mrs. Ramos at a poinsettia seminar in the Philippines. This picture was taken on her subsequent visit to the Paul Ecke Ranch.

Tags: Amelita Martinez Ramos, Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias

Cutting field-cut poinsettias

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

Tags: Cut flowers, Photographs--History--20th century, Photography--Agricultural, Poinsettias

PLA booth at the Essen Trade Show, Germany

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Paul Ecke III (left) at the PLA booth at the Essen Trade Show in Germany. PLA was an Ecke company based in Denmark that managed licensing for poinsettias and other crops around the world.

Tags: Floriculture, Germany (Europe), Photographs--History--20th century, Poinsettias