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'''Television Sales and Service''' was a television sales and repair shop that opened at 1003 [[Oxmoor Road]] in [[Homewood]] in [[1966]], the same year the three American television networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, began airing all prime-time shows in color. It was owned by [[Henderson Floyd]] and [[Don Addington]] and closed after only one year in business. | |||
The owners had a colorful "Color TV" ad painted on the east side of the building. It was later covered by a billboard which protected the ad from fading for many years. The billboard was removed in the 2000s, revealing the ad again, now on the side of [[Edgewood Frame Shop]]. | The owners had a colorful "Color TV" ad painted on the east side of the building. It was later covered by a billboard which protected the ad from fading for many years. The billboard was removed in the 2000s, revealing the ad again, now on the side of [[Edgewood Frame Shop]]. | ||
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[[Category:1966 establishments]] | |||
[[Category:1967 disestablishments]] | |||
[[Category:Oxmoor Road]] | [[Category:Oxmoor Road]] | ||
[[Category:Edgewood Business District]] | |||
[[Category:Former shops]] | [[Category:Former shops]] | ||
[[Category:Electronics stores]] | [[Category:Electronics stores]] | ||
[[Category:Repair shops]] | [[Category:Repair shops]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:29, 20 May 2014
- Not to be confused with Homewood Electronics Co..
Television Sales and Service was a television sales and repair shop that opened at 1003 Oxmoor Road in Homewood in 1966, the same year the three American television networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, began airing all prime-time shows in color. It was owned by Henderson Floyd and Don Addington and closed after only one year in business.
The owners had a colorful "Color TV" ad painted on the east side of the building. It was later covered by a billboard which protected the ad from fading for many years. The billboard was removed in the 2000s, revealing the ad again, now on the side of Edgewood Frame Shop.
References
- Buchanan, Charles (2012) Fading Ads of Birmingham. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press ISBN 9781609494834