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Title: A massive golf green surface at the Peachtree Golf Club, Georgia, in 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-04-14
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View of 3 men standing on a massive green surface ("17,000 s ft.") of ryegrass and bermuda at the Peachtree Golf Club in Georgia, 1955. Surrounds in foreground and background, as well as trees and a bench in the background. Green contours and mowing patterns show clearly, but no flagstick.

Title: Fairy Ring control excavations on a green at the Druid Hills Golf Club, Georgia, 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-04-14
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View of a golf green at the Druid Hills Golf Club in Georgia, with an excavated line to control Fairy Ring, 1955.

Title: Demonstrating a Mow-Cycle riding rotary lawn mower, 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-04-15
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: A man in business clothing on a 24" Mow-Cycle riding rotary mower. The mower is a small, 3 wheeled unit with a bicycle-like steering bar. Another man observes alongside, with portions of cars on roadway beyond.

Title: O. J. Noer takes a photograph of Scotty McLaren with a gang mower on a turf surface at the Toro Research Center, Toro Headquarters, Minnesota, 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-05-05
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: O. J. Noer takes a picture of Scotty McLaren with a gang mower and tractor on a turf surface at the Toro Research Center in Minnesota, 1955. Houses beyond in background.

Title: A committee examines a deck mower attached to a tractor at the Memphis Municipal Airport, 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-05-20
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: A committee of men ("Product Committee") examine a PTO deck mower attached to a tractor at the Memphis Municipal Airport in 1955. Red airport car in background. Open space with treeline far beyond.

Title: View from the middle corner endzone seats of an empty Florida Field, 1955, showing Tifton 57 bermudagrass surface
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-08-10
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View from the middle corner endzone seats of an empty Florida Field at the University of Florida in 1955. No field markings on the Tifton 57 bermudagrass surface, fertilized with anhydrous ammonia.

Title: Aerification holes and plug windrows following coring operation using a Greensaire Special at the Northmoor Country Club, Illinois, 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-09
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Looking down on an aerified turf, showing coring holes and windrows of plugs pulled out of the surface. Work performed by a Greensaire Special, Northshore Country Club, Illinois, 1955.

Title: Superintendent Frank Dinelli at the zoysia section of the turf nursery at the Northmoor Country Club, Illinois, 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-09
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Frank Dinelli and another man behind the zoysia section of the nursery at the Northmoor Country Club in Illinois in 1955. Annual grasses to right side and mixed vegetation beyond.

Title: Group examining a mostly Poa annua green at the Mayfair golf course in Edmonton, 1955, with fairway beyond
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-09
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: A group of men standing on a green at the Mayfair golf course in Edmonton, 1955. "Mostly Poa annua" green with flagstick in hole, looking from behind and slightly above, back down the fairway, with defending bunkers on either side.

Title: Superintendent Bob Williams on the turf nursery at the Beverly Country Club, Chicago, in 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-09-12
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Golf Course Superintendent Bob Williams stooping on the large turf nursery at the Beverly Country Club, Chicago, in 1955. The nursery included Merion Kentucky bluegrass, C-15 (Toronto) creeping bentgrass, and zoysia. Spiffy blue vehicle in the background.

Title: Superintendent Bob Williams examines a mixed stand of bentgrass and annual bluegrass, under high moisture and temperatures, with the Poa annua going out, Beverly Country Club, Chicago, in 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-09-12
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Golf Course Superintendent Bob Williams stooping on a mixed stand of bentgrass and annual bluegrass at the Beverly Country Club, Chicago, in 1955. The Poa annua has died back while the Agrostis has not. Soil has been supersaturated with high temperatures.

Title: Golf green soil profile showing excessive thatch buildup and layering at Piqua Country Club, Ohio in 1955
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1955-09-13
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: A hand holds a cross-sectional soil profile of a golf green at the Piqua Country Club, Ohio, in 1955. A pocket knife blade indicates the depth of "excessive" thatch, with layering, in the profile.

Title: Three men, including Jim Watson, examine saltgrass along a roadway in Colorado, 1955
Creator: Wilson, Charles
Date: 1955-10-03
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Three men examine saltgrass along a roadside between Denver and Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1955. Jim Watson stooping. Saltgrass has been high mowed. Open car door and farm fields beyond.

Title: Tee to green view of the 12th Hole at the Milwaukee Country Club, Wisconsin, looking across the Milwaukee River, 1956
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1956-08
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Tee to green view of the Par 3 12th hole at the Milwaukee Country Club in Wisconsin in 1956, showing a bunker complex defending the front of the green across the Milwaukee River.

Title: Drs. Paul Rieke and Jim Beard hold a vertical strip of sod at Halmich's Sod Farm, Michigan, 1967
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1967-06
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Drs. James Beard and Paul Rieke show off a harvested strip of sod during a field day at Halmich's Sod Farm, East Lansing, Michigan, surrounded by rolls of sod on a very rich muck soil.

Title: Soil layer cross-section image of how drum aerifier spoons enter and exit a soil profile
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 19xx
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Cross section soil profile image showing drum aerifier spoons entering and exiting the soil. Probably fake subsoil horizons.

Title: Heavily worn athletic field being scarified or aerified, taken from the endzone with gothic buildings beyond
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 19xx
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View from end zone of athletic field (apparently lined for soccer) being aerified or scarified, several passes having been completed, with cores/debris still on the surface. Several gothic buildings in the background.

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