Help with some Astros photos

[Laxcat]

Thanks for the input. I'm putting on my detective coat and hitting the old interwebs to decipher the rest. I know NOTHiNG about photography. I'm going to see if I can have prints of all the negative developed.

[nolemmings]

It looks like Roger Metzger standing behind the base at the kid's baseball clinic.
That dates those photos to the early 70's.

The 10th Anniversary photo is a bit strange to me. The dome didn't open for baseball until 1965, although construction began in 1962. The players are not wearing 1975 Astros uniforms, which was the first year of those multi-colored striped monstrosities, so it is not ten years from opening. I suppose it's possible the photo was taken pre-season '75, which makes some sense as that was 10 yrs from when Mantle homered, and that the fugly uniforms were not unveiled for a few more weeks. The featured player with the glove looks very familiar-- he has kind of a scowl that I know I've seen on a 60's Topps baseball card. Still, to me he does not look like anyone who appeared in that first pre-season game, if this was some sort of reunion, which it likely was given the people in the photo (Although I don't know why some are wearing street clothes while others are wearing the new, double-knit Astros unis).

[Laxcat]

I found these two stuck in a 1965 Astros box seat ticket info folder. I'm guessing the Fox is team issue. It is on really quality stock though. The other one seems to be the stadium being built. It has an almost silver sheen to it and in the bottom right border says Colt .45 photo.

[seattlerainiers]

Check out Giusti's leisure suit and shirt.

Woodeschick's pants are pretty sweet too. They had to kill a lot of polyesters to make those duds.

[Laxcat]

Hi y'all. So I found out that the negatives were purchased from Herb Elk. Herb was the Astros public relations guy. So at least I found out where they came from. I'll keep updating the more I find out.