Barber shops don't exactly have a hard time standing out on the streetscape, and it's largely thanks to the mesmerizing poles that spin just outside of their door fronts. But where'd that barber pole ...

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 inside its glass ...

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 scissors. Steeped in ...

Barbershops have been around for centuries, and back in the day they used to do a lot more than just cut hair MEN’S barbershops are pretty trendy places these days, with many given stylish make-overs ...

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 ...

LAKE OSWEGO -- Tyler Atkinson, who has run the venerable Country Square Barber Shop for the past two years, came to work today to his classic red-white-and-blue barber pole ripped from the outside ...

In this March 5, 2010 file photo Howard Rettenmeier, who has cut hair for 55 years at the Uptown Barber Shop, stands by the barber pole at his Dyersville, Iowa, shop. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Friendly ...

MEN’S barbershops are pretty trendy places these days, with many given stylish make-overs and offering far more than a quick trim. But lots still display the traditional red and white barber poles ...