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Title: Field day attendees view turf fertility research plots at Texas A&M University in 1952
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1952-08-12
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View, from behind the plots, of visiting group viewing lined turf fertility plots at Texas A&M University in 1952. Pickup with roof-mounted loudspeakers behind.

Title: Pearlwort weed in a greens-grade turf surface during the 1952 University of Rhode Island Turf Field Day
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1952-08
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Eye-level image of a pearlwort (Sagina spp.) weed within a greens-grade turf surface on a lined research plot at the University of Rhode Island turf research plots during the URI Field Day in 1952, with pen indicating scale, and partial golf shoes showing.

Title: View from lower end zone stands into the Cotton Bowl, with no Field markings, and "improper cutting", 1952
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1952-06-30
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Lower stands view looking from an end zone, of an empty Cotton Bowl stadium, with grey building in background. Football field is unmarked, and shows irregular mowing lines. Low on-field riser stand to left. Industrial sense of place.

Title: Barefoot sitting men removing crowfoot weeds by hand on a golf green at the BraeBurn Country Club in Houston, Texas, in 1952
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1952-06-19
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Barefoot men sitting on turf of a golf green, with flagstick in the hole, hand weeding at the BraeBurn Country Club, in Houston, Texas, 1952. Hanging mesh basket shows harvested Silver crab (crowfoot) plants. Shoes and socks in foreground.

Title: Onfield view looking towards endzone of a football field being topdressed with peat using an Ezee Flow drop spreader, 1952
Date: 1952-05-17
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Onfield view looking towards an end zone, of an Ezee Flow spreader, from behind, distributing peat ("60 yards") on a football field within an empty, single course concrete stadium, with a fieldhouse-like building in the background. One operator appears to be driving the tractor and another standing on the hitch. Industrial sense of place.

Title: View from beyond #14 green back up fairway showing fertilization in process on bermudagrass, Houston, 1952
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1952-05-08
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Three men at work fertilizing the #14 Fairway of the then Houston Country Club in Texas, 1952. View from behind the green looking back up the fairway, with truck full of material parked on the fairway and spreader pointed away. Fairway uniformly straw-colored ("temp. burn" on Berm[uda]").

Title: Extensive footprints on a turf surface indicated by wilting grass, San Diego, California, 1951
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1951-05
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Extensive footprints on a turf surface indicated by wilting grass, San Diego, California, 1951.

Title: Five men examine a golf tee nearly buried by sand with very little grass showing, Midland, Texas, 1951
Date: 1951-03-22
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Five men examine a golf tee surface almost buried in sand -- very limited grass showing. Sprinkler showing on right. Midland, Texas, 1951.

Title: Six men, including Dr. James Watson, in discussion stand on a striated turf at Midland Country Club, Texas, 1951
Date: 1951-03-21
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Six men,including Dr. James Watson, in discussion stand on a striated turf at Midland Country Club, Texas, 1951.

Title: View from above of a Lark soil tensiometer on a turf surface, Penn State, 1950
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1950
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View from above of a Lark soil tensiometer on a turf surface, with a penknife showing scale. Penn State, 1950.

Title: Airfields of the Future
Creator: Lentz, J. W.
Date: 194x
Collection: Scotts Company Collection Monographs
Description: Includes: Heavy Turf Sod Indispensable; Selection of Landing Field Site; Grading and Drainage; Starting the Sod; Fertilizer; Seeding; Time of Seeding; and Maintenance of Airfield Turf (Mowing; and Fertilizing).

Title: Scott's Formula 10-6-4 Turf Builder is a Real Grass Food
Creator: O.M. Scott & Sons
Date: 193x
Collection: Scotts Company Collection Monographs
Description: Includes: Golf Courses; Airports; Polo Fields; Cemeteries; 10-6-4 and What it Means; Residences; Institutions; Parks; Athletic Fields; and Using Scott's Turf Builder (Putting Greens and Other Limited Areas; and Fairways and Other Large Areas).

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