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Workers in the greenhouse
Workers in the greenhouse
Unidentified person posing with poinsettias
Unidentified person posing with poinsettias in a greenhouse
Unidentified industry event
From left to right: Jim Mellano of Mellano and Company, Maureen Ecke (Paul Jr.'s wife), and Paul Ecke Jr. First the right: Bob Otsuka, market manager for the San Francisco Flower Market, H. Michael Mellano of Mellano and Company, ?, Monica Mellano,…
Transportation truck at Ecke Ranch
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.
The Paul Ecke Ranch History and Map
The Paul Ecke Ranch History and Map
Spring Flower Trial at Goldsmith Seeds, Gilroy
Goldsmith employees and members of the Flower Fields Alliance.
Spring Flower Trial
From left to right: Andy Higgins (President, Paul Ecke Ranch, Paul Ecke de Guatemala), PEG employee, Andor Gerendas (head engineer, PEG), grower PEG, and Byron Calderon, (general manager, PEG).
Rooted poinsettia cuttings in trays
Rooted poinsettia cuttings in trays going from greenhouse to barn to be packed up for shipping.
Paul Ecke Sr. in the Bird of Paradise fields on the Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
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 Ranch Employees Photograph (group)
Group picture of employees
Paul Ecke Jr. with unidentified people
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. at the San Diego International Floral Trade Center, Carlsbad
Paul Ecke Jr. at the San Diego International Floral Trade Center, Carlsbad. The Center was owned and developed by Carltas, the Ecke family real estate company.
Paul Ecke Jr. at the Del Mar Fair Garden Show
Picture taken at the Del Mar Fair Garden Show (renamed the Paul Ecke Jr. Garden Show) with Paul Ecke Jr. presumably awarding the Paul Ecke Sr. Award to the winner.
Paul Ecke Jr. and an unidentified person
Paul Ecke Jr. and an unidentified person, presumably a member of the Japanese Poinsettia Grower delegation. Picture taken in the Paul Ecke Ranch greenhouses in Encinitas, CA.
Paul Ecke Jr. accepting an award
Paul Ecke Jr. (right), accepting an award at unidentified event.