A scruffy look for the usually well-groomed Palmer.
This is the same date that the Willie Davis card was supposedly taken, the one with all the bridge news. (The new London Bridge opened; a new record was set for the heaviest weight ever lifted, as part of the construction of the Fremont Bridge in Portland, OR; and the US Department of the Interior blocked a plan to construct a bridge connecting Oyster Bay and Rye, NY.)
The photo was almost certainly taken two years earlier, however. The Orioles last had those stripes on their away jerseys in 1971. Maybe 1972 spring training. And why would he be wearing an away jersey at home?
If the tree and hair are any indication, this looks like it was taken the same time as Palmer's 1972 Topps candy lid.
Which was also used on his 1973 candy lid . . .
. . . and the inset on his 1973 Topps boyhood photos card.
Good job tracking down all of those other Palmer cards that use photos from that same day.
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