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A software rendering of a spinning barber pole Barber pole, c. 1938, North Carolina Museum of History Barber shop in Torquay, Devon, England, with red and white pole. A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft.
The barber's pole is commonly found outside barber shops. In 1929, psychologist J.P. Guilford informally noted a paradox in the perceived motion of stripes on a rotating barber pole . The barber pole turns in place on its vertical axis, but the stripes appear to move upwards rather than turning with the pole. [ 3 ]
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During the treatment, barber-surgeons would give patients poles to hold. Grasping the staff made their veins pop out a bit, making them easier to find while the barbers went all Sweeney Todd.
Another lighthouse, with helical markings—red and white 'candy cane stripe'-- is the White Shoal Light (Michigan), which is the only true 'barber pole' lighthouse in the United States. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Its distinctive "barber pole" paint job is consistent with other North Carolina black-and-white lighthouses, "each with their own pattern to help ...
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[21] [22] A spinning barber pole creates a visual illusion, in which the stripes appear to be traveling up or down the length of the pole, [23] rather than around it. [24] [25] In the United States, the blue stripe is also sometimes used to match the flag. [10] [26] [27] In South Korea, barber's poles are used both for actual barbershops and ...
The highly visible diagonal Daymark paint job, sometimes described as red and white 'candy cane stripe', is the only 'barber pole' lighthouse in the United States. [5] [27] However, black and white helical daymarks do appear on Cape Hatteras Light and St. Augustine Light. Consequently, the State of Michigan has used it as an icon to generate ...