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Originally Posted by Merkle923
The “.45s” logo on the cap looks like it’s been transplanted from another image - the shading isn’t quite right. But the Texas flag logo on the sleeve and the traces of “Houston” on the shirt look legit, and the fence in the background sure looks like Colt Stadium. There’s a “Sporting News Collection” hologram sticker on the back, an ink-stamped “1963” in red (if there was supposed to be a month preceding the year, it didn’t register), and as you can see from the quick snapshot of the actual 8 x 10, the thing has been printed identifying Ferrand with the Colts.
Could be from later in calendar 1963, could be from a tryout, could be...who knows what?
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Oof. Given that the uni looks so good, I'd be inclined to say that this is a legit cap and that's a shadow/sweat line. It appears to be one of the early .45s hats where the ".45s" is actually on a separate patch of fabric that was sewn on.
Here's an example of the patch (from thompsonian.info).
Thanks for all these great photos Merkle! Definitely a nice add to the collection over here.