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Business trip to Nara, Japan
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.
David Hartley and Ron Cramer
From left to right: David Hartley and Ron Cramer, Paul Ecke Ranch employees. Picture taken in the Philippines.
Dipping poinsettia bare root stock in a mercury based bath (presumably) before shipping
Picture taken south of the Encinitas Ranch House (in the background).
Dr. Pat Morishita and Paul Ecke Jr.
Dr. Pat Morishita, an entomologist at the University of California Riverside, consulted at the Ecke Ranch.
Ecke Ranch Christmas party
Paul Ecke Sr. with unidentified woman
Eckespoint C-1 poinsettia leaf magnified by 110
Eckespoint C-1 leaf under the microscope. This was one of the first successful poinsettia varieties from the Ecke Ranch Breeding program.
Electric cart pulling trays of summer Poinsettia cuttings to be shipped during propagation season
Electric cart pulling trays of summer Poinsettia cuttings to be shipped during propagation season
Elisabeth "Jinx" Ecke and Paul Ecke, Jr.
Elisabeth "Jinx" Ecke and Paul Ecke, Jr. in a Ranch greenhouse with poinsettias
Employee harvesting cut poinsettia flowers
Employee harvesting cut poinsettia flowers in a field of outdoor blooming poinsettias.
Experimental double deck propagation system for poinsettia cuttings
Experimental double deck propagation system for poinsettia cuttings.
Franz Freuwirth, poinsettia breeder, Paul Ecke Ranch
Franz Freuwirth standing in the greenhouse where he did much of the poinsettia breeding at the Paul Ecke Ranch.
Letter from Dinah Shore to Paul Ecke Jr.
Personal letter from Dinah Shore to Paul Ecke Jr. thanking him for holiday poinsettias. Dinah Shore was a singer and television personality, and host of the Dinah Shore Show.
Lizbeth Ecke, Elisabeth "Jinx" Ecke and Sara Ecke May
Lizbeth Ecke, Elisabeth "Jinx" Ecke and Sara Ecke May
Max Ecke and Paul Ecke Jr.
Max Ecke (Paul Ecke III's son) and Paul Ecke Jr. in the poinsettia field along Saxony Road at the Paul Ecke Ranch.
Paul Ecke III and Mrs. Amelita Ramos, first lady of the Philippines
Paul Ecke III and Mrs. Amelita Ramos, first lady of the Philippines (duplicate)