Houston Baseball Parade (1963)

Duration: 0:53

Year Published: 1963

Sound: silent

Description: This news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on April 8, 1963, captures a parade through downtown Houston celebrating the start of the Colt .45s’ second season. Featured parade participants include local businessmen and politicians, including Houston Mayor Lewis Cutrer, as well as Miss Colt .45 Karen Marney. Now known as the Houston Astros, the Colt .45s were established in 1962. The team changed its name three years later when it moved into the Astrodome.