I love it because it advertises color TV as if that is still a major selling point. It makes me wonder what else this motel could brag about: a remote control connected by cable, hot water, deadbolt locks? I realize that this sign must be pretty old, a relic of days when a color TV was something new and special, but these days I think a 15" black and white TV would merit more of a mention.
I was curious to see when color television sets really came into wide use. I found a nifty "invention of television" timeline that laid it out. Apparently, the first color television broadcast was in 1946. By 1967, most broadcasts were in color. And by 1972, half the TVs in homes were color. So I'm going to guess that this sign is left over from the late '60s or early '70s.
The motel itself has only one review that I can see online, and it is scathing. I don't expect I'll be recommending it to any visitors, but I'm glad it's still around just the same.
Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
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