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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.
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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 ]
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.
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[10] [26] [27] In South Korea, barber's poles are used both for actual barbershops and for brothels. [28] [29] In Forest Grove, Oregon, the "World's Tallest Barber Shop Pole" measures 72 feet (22 m). [30] Because of its bright bands and colors, the redbanded rockfish Sebastes babcocki is referred to as "barber pole". Other pseudonyms include ...
Stick candy (also called candy stick, barber pole candy, circus stick, or barber pole) [1] is a long, cylindrical variety of hard candy, usually four to seven inches in length and 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter, but in some extraordinary cases up to 14 inches in length and two inches in diameter.
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