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2. Barber's pole - Wikipedia

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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.

3. The real (and disturbing) meaning behind barber poles

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   These days, barbers leave the medical treatment to doctors, but their poles are a nod to their bloody past. In Europe, barber poles are just red and white—reminiscent of the poles from the ...

4. Barberpole illusion - Wikipedia

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   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]

5. Barbers, Beauticians Get Snippy Over Striped Poles

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   By Brian Bakst ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol -- that red, white and blue pole -- and it may be time to hide the

6. From trolls to barber poles: 9 of Ohio's most unusual museums

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   From barber poles, artwork and signs, to chairs, razors, shaving mugs and other artifacts and tools of the trade, the galleries display thousands of fastidiously maintained barbershop items from ...

7. List of optical illusions - Wikipedia

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   The barber pole illusion is a visual illusion that reveals biases in the processing of visual motion in the human brain. Benham's top: When a disk that has lines or colours on it is spun, it can form arcs of colour. Beta movement: Movement that appears to occur when fixed pictures turn on and off. Bezold Effect

8. Barber - Wikipedia

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   The barber pole, featuring blue, red and white spiraling stripes, symbolizes different aspects of the craft. It is a symbol from the time when barbers used to perform medical procedures. The white and red stripes represent bandages and blood while the blue stripes represent veins.

9. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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   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 ...