Those rotating red, white, and blue poles outside barbershops have become an icon. At first glance, you’d probably assume barber pole designs have a patriotic background. But the reality is pretty ...

Barber shops don't exactly have a hard time standing out on the streetscape, and it's largely thanks to the mesmerizing poles that spin just outside of their door fronts. But where'd that barber pole ...

Red, white, and blue barber poles look patriotic, but there's a blood-soaked meaning behind their design. Those rotating red, white, and blue poles outside barbershops have become an icon. At first ...

Barber Pole No. 34,889 has seen better days. After spending more than 40 years in front of Twin Cities barbershops, its red-white-and-blue-striped cylinder is sun-faded and in pieces inside its glass ...

(FORTUNE Small Business) – Time was you could glance down Main Street and identify which business was which simply by the symbol outside the shop. The local pharmacist would have a mortar and pestle; ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image elements via Whirler During the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – one could expect ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Barber Pole No. 34,889 has seen better days. After spending more than 40 years in front of Twin Cities barbershops, its red-white-and-blue-striped cylinder is sun-faded and in pieces ...

What's red, white and blue, and has spun its way into controversy? It's the barber pole. The pole sometimes rotates outside the shops of cosmetologists or hair stylists who don't employ barbers.

Barbers and beauticians are splitting hairs over an iconic image: the swirling red, white and blue striped pole that often stands outside a barber shop. Barbers in several states are proposing ...