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Title
Hole No. 7, and beyond, at Lehigh Valley Country Club, Pennsylvania, in 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of the 7th hole, and beyond, at the Lehigh Valley Country Club, Pennsylvania, in 1954, showing the Par 3 green from across the river.
Title
Art and Carl Snyder on a bermudagrass nursery, Phoenix, 1954
Date
1954-02-08
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Art and Carl Synder stand on a multi-section bermudagrass (A-53 (Arizona 53)) nursery, in Phoenix in 1954.
Title
No. 17 green at Rolling Greens Golf Club in Pennsylvania in 1954, with the surface covered with wild cherry flower petals - "Snow in April"
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-04
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of 2 men on the No. 17 green at the Rolling Greens Golf Club, Pennsylvania, in 1954, with flagstick in hole. Green surface covered with wild cherry flower petals "Snow in April".
Title
Golf course superintendent Leonard Strong at the Saucon Valley Country Club, Pennsylvania, compost pile in 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-04
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Golf course superintendent Leonard Strong at the Saucon Valley Country Club, Pennsylvania, composting facility in 1954. All organic refuse and clippings are dumped into a depression.
Title
Mowing variations between rough, collar, and green on hole No. 9 at Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-04
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of a portion of the 9th green at the Lehigh Valley Country Club, Pennsylvania, in 1954, showing mowing height contrasts between the green, a wide collar, and the adjacent rough. Green mowed at 1/4", collar at 3/8", and rough at 1 1/4".
Title
A 7 gang Toro Roughmaster mower with noisy, studded steel wheels, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-04
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Image of a 7 gang Toro Roughmaster mower rig with studded steel wheels at the Philadelphia Country Club.
Title
No. 15 tee at Overbrook in Pennsylvania in 1954, showing the contrast between brown bermudagrass in foreground and green bentgrass further away
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-04
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of No. 15 tee at the Overbrook Country Club, Pennsylvania, in 1954, with bermudagrass cover in the foreground, very brown, and bentgrass cover in the background, looking green.
Title
Greenhouse view of turf samples in ceramic pots on bench, nitrogen fertilizer testing of Uramite types from Monsanto and Dupont, Penn State, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-05-08
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Greenhouse view of turf samples in ceramic pots on a bench, labeled as "Nitrogen Fertilizer Test Musser-Richer". Tests were of Uramite, including 8 Monsanto types as well as Dupont, at Penn State in 1954.
Title
View of the practice green, with 2 golfers, in front of the clubhouse of the Los Angeles Country Club, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-07
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of the practice green in front of the clubhouse of the Los Angeles Country Club in California, 1954. Two golfers on the green, with flagpole beyond, as well as the face and terrace of the clubhouse.
Title
Close-up view of Merion Kentucky bluegrass blades with rust
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-08
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Close up view of rust on Merion Kentucky bluegrass leaf blades, 1954
Title
Chickweed growth in fairway turf at Kent Country Club in Michigan, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-08-12
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View from standing height of chickweed infestations in the golf course fairway turf at the Kent Country Club in Michigan, 1954.
Title
A Jacklin seed production field in Washington of Merion Kentucky bluegrass, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-09
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Title
View of dormant bermudagrass campus turf at Oklahoma A&M, Stillwater, outside the Student Center in 1954, with a lone person walking on a sidewalk through the golden tan sward
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-10
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View from upper level of the Student Center at Oklahoma A&M College of a portion of the landscaped campus, including striking golden tan bermudagrass in dormancy. Solitary individual walking on sidewalk across a depressed quad-like open space, with scattered small trees and a surrounding berm.
Title
Six stooping men discuss turf conditions on a bermudagrass fairway at the Desert Inn Golf Club, Las Vegas, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-10-01
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of a fairway at the Desert Inn Golf Club, Las Vegas, in 1954, with turf experts consulting around soil probes. Mountains and limited trees or buildings in the background.
Title
Fred Grau and Bill Beresford on Alta fescue shoulder of green, Los Angeles Country Club, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-10-04
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Fred Grau and Bill Beresford kneeling on the shoulder of a golf green in 3 year old Alta Fescue, watered 3 times per season (May, July, September). Sprinkler riser in foreground? Vegetation falling away beyond.
Title
View of Thunderbird golf course fairway with waterlogged manure visible across a wide swath of turf, 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-10-06
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of Thunderbird golf course fairways, with large swath of turf covered with waterlogged manure recently topdressed. Palms beyond, with mountains in the background and a row of ornamental shrubs and standing water in foreground.
Title
"Deeper than average" leaf mulch test plot being mowed by a rotary mower at the Toro Research Center, in Minnesota, in 1954
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-11-10
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Raised view of a "deeper than average" leaf cover research plot being mowed by an operator pushing a rotary mower, angled up, the Toro Research Center in Minnesota, in 1954, as part of a leaf mulch study. Plot has containment sideboards due to the heavy leaf cover. Other plots, without boards or visible leaf cover, beyond as well as a fence around the plot area. Gas can in foreground.
Title
Removal of bermudagrass encroaching into a bentgrass green at the Army-Navy Country Club in Virginia, 1954, by digging it out totally
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1954-11-15
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Four men on a green at the Army-Navy Country Club, 1954. Two workers are digging a hole to remove bermudagrass from the bentgrass putting surface. Wheelbarrow full of removed material awaits removal on a board walkway laid over the green. Row of bushes behind, trees beyond. Golf course superintendent Jimmy Thomas and Admiral Phillips review the work.
Title
Snowmold research plots at the Toro Research Center in Minnesota, 1955
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1955-03-11
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View of lined snowmold plots at the Toro Research Center, in Minnesota, 1955. Small amounts of snow in background, cars in lot in the back corner.
Title
A lawn and ornamental gardens at the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta, 1955
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1955-04-04
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
A view of a lawn area within an ornamental garden, with trees, at the Biltmore Hotel, in Atlanta, in 1955. Tulips and hedges predominate, with a building beyond and porch to the right side. Tiled walkway in foreground.

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