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 ...

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 ...

SANGER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A barber shop in Sanger is asking the community to help them track down their barber pole after it was stolen from the front of their business. Gomez Barber Shop has been on ...

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 ...

During the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – one could expect to get more than one's hair cut by the barber. The line between haircutter and medic was blurred, ...

Our featured item for today is recognizable by any male who has had his hair cut at a barber shop. Just outside the door, spinning very slowly on its stand, is the barber pole. Except for the shop ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ARLINGTON, Tenn. — An Arlington barber is ...