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Title: Visual test plot of dye vs. no dye on Zoysia matrella turf, Pine Valley, 1953
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1953-02-18
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive

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: 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: 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: Sam Swazy on the turf nursery at Sankaty Head Golf Club, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, 1953, with lighthouse in background
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1953-09-16
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View of the turf nursery at the Sankaty Head Golf Club on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, with Sam Swazy on the turf and lighthouse in the background. The nursery included a variety of species, including velvet bents, fescues, and other varieties.

Title: Eb Steiniger viewing bunker on 15th Green, Pine Valley Golf Club, New Jersey, 1953
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1953-09-18
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Golf course superintendent Eb Steiniger views a bunker off the 15th green at Pine Valley, including a severely contoured green and precipitous bunker face.

Title: Two workers rake bermudagrass stolons out of a golf green collar in preparation for seeding ryegrass, Arizona Country Club, Phoenix, 1953
Date: 1953-10-16
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Two workers rake bermudagrass stolons out of a golf green collar in preparation for seeding ryegrass, Arizona Country Club, Phoenix, 1953. A cluster of 4 others examine the green surface to the side.

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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: View from the middle endzone seats of the Rose Bowl field, California, with no people in sight, 1953
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1953-10-14
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View from the middle endzone seats of an empty Rose Bowl stadium, with field markings for American football. Field well worn, 1953.

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: Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass experimental plots established 7 weeks earlier Toro Research Center, Minnesota, 1953
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1953-08-06
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: View of mostly dirt plot with some bermudagrass growth -- zoysia also established 7 weeks earlier. At the Toro Research Center in Minnesota, 1953.

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: 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: Warren Bidwell on a U-3 bermudagrass establishment plot at the Seaview Country Club, New Jersey, in 1953
Creator: Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date: 1953-11-11
Collection: Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description: Warren Bidwell on a a plot of U-3 bermudagrass established 4 months previously, at the Seaview Country Club, New Jersey, in 1953. Frost & ice damage indicated, but spread noted.

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