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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Suburban front yards in Houston looking mid-yard along the street, with fertilized and unfertilized St. Augustinegrass lawns, and concrete driveways transecting, 1952
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1952-11-21
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View looking along the street, from mid-front yard, of a suburban Houston community, with a fertilized St. Augustine grass lawn in contrast to other lawns. One vehicle in a transecting concrete driveway and one going away down the street, with a bicycle 2 houses down. 1952.
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
Golf course superintendent Arthur Anderson points out Colonial bentgrass on the green of Hole #6 at Brae Burn Country Club, Massachusetts, 1953
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-04-06
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Golf course superintendent Andy Anderson points out Colonial Bentgrass on the green of the 6th hole at the Brae Burn Country Club in Massachusetts, 1953. Rope between posts surrounds the green.
Title
Attendees listen to a lecturer on the turf research plots at Tifton Georgia, 1953
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-04-15
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
A group of visiting professionals listen to a lecturer, speaking behind a table set up on lined research plots at the Tifton, Georgia experimental plots, 1953. Stone building and line or parked cars behind.
Title
Tee to Green view of the 17th 12th Hole at the Indian Creek Country Club, Florida, 1953
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-04-17
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Tee to green view of the 17th [12th] hole at the Indian Creek Country Club, in Miami Beach Florida in 1953, showing beach, palms, and bunkering.
Title
Hole #11 approach and green at the Indian Creek Country Club, Florida, 1953, with Red Lawerence speaking with C. C. Shaw
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-04-17
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
On fairway view of the bermudagrass cover approaching the 11th green, in background with bunkering and palms around. C. C. Shaw and Red Lawrence on the left next to vehicle, partially shown.
Title
A large tee looking towards a green at the Indian Creek Country Club, Florida, 1953, with O. J. Noer viewing the puffy Tifton 57 surface
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-04-17
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
View from real of a 'runway tee' at the Indian Creek Country Club, in Miami Beach Florida in 1953, with O. J. Noer examining or photographing the puffy Tifton 57 surface.
Title
Severely countoured golf green at the La Gorce Country Club, Miami Beach, 1953, with 3 men indicating elevation variations
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-04-20
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
On a green, with flagstick in the hole, at the La Gorce Country Club in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1953, three standing men show the severe green contouring. Vegetation and buildings in background.
Title
Leaf mulch test plots at the Toro Research Center, Minnesota, in 1953
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-05-05
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Comparative view of several plots of a leaf mulch study, at the Toro Research Center in Minnesota, in 1953. Cars parked along a dirt roadway and Research building in the background, heavily mulched plot in the foreground.
Title
Kentucky 31 Tall Fescue used in a shady rough at the Lakeside Golf facility, 1953
Creator
Watson, James, 1920-2013
Date
1953-05-23
Collection
Dr. James R. Watson, Jr. Image Archive
Description
Three men, squatting, examine a Kentucky 31 tall fescue rough in a shady setting, Lakeside Golf facility, 1953.

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