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 ...
WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian Institution has received a bit of red, white and blue Americana from St. Paul, Minn. – a pair of barber poles manufactured by the William Marvy Co. The Marvy company, the ...
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 ...