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Elisabeth "Jinx" Ecke and unidentified man

Paul Ecke Jr. (front, center). The Japanese Poinsettia Association (JPA) was formed to get royalty income from Japan before a plant patent protection system was in place. Growers paid royalty to be able to grow Ecke poinsettia varieties, and got…

Paul Ecke Jr. (front, third from left), Dr. Harry Tayama, professor at Ohio State University, and Bob Maddux, friend and customer of the Paul Ecke Ranch.

Unidentified group of people

Paul Ecke Jr. (in plaid shirt and dark pants).

Don Looper, friend of Paul Ecke Jr. and Elisabeth "Jinx" Ecke. Handwritten: "For the Rogues Gallery of my good friends, The Eckes. Don Looper." This photograph was displayed in the Ecke Ranch House dining room, along with many other friends of the…

Paul Ecke Jr. (back right) and Paul Ecke III (front, middle, holding kite) at a YMCA Adventure Guides kite flying contest. The small kite in the front was covered with poinsettia bracts. The large kite in the back won an award for its size.

Paul Ecke Sr. (left).

Paul Ecke Jr. with his "new" Firetruck in September 1955 at the Paul Ecke Ranch in Encinitas, CA.
From Left to Right:
Paul Ecke Jr., Bob & Duane Winter, Barbara Winter (Paul Jr. sister), Ray Winter, Jinx Ecke (wife of Paul Ecke Jr.), Paul Ecke Sr.,…

Paul Ecke Sr. with Henrietta Ecke (mother).

President Gerald Ford, Paul Ecke Jr. at a Society of American Florists event.

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.

Paul Ecke Jr. and Elisabeth ("Jinx") Ecke on an old fire engine that Paul bought for parades, parties, YMCA events etc..

Elisabeth (Jinx) Ecke, Paul Ecke III and Lizbeth Ecke

Workers in the greenhouse