Pretty junky. But the legendary barber pole is made by Marvy, a company still around that's out of St. Paul, Minnesota. Their poles are pretty much exactly how they made them before.

In Europe, barber poles are just red and white—reminiscent of the poles from the Middle Ages. There are a couple theories about why the United States added blue to its design.

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… ...

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But if the barber pole could talk, it would tell a curious story of the long-ago craft of blood-letting. In Medieval Europe, the craft of cutting hair also included the skills of tooth-pulling ...

Many believe the distinct colors of the barber poles are due to patriotism. But the truth is much more disturbing. Long ago, barbers used to do more than just cut hair. They performed surgical ...

Ken Kirkpatrick, a barber at the Capitol Barber Shop in St. Paul, says he hopes Minnesota will ban salons from displaying the iconic barber pole in their shops if they don't have a barber on staff.

Sarah Lounder, the owner of Cuts on Main salon in the small town of Winchester, N.H., recently got a violation that just about made her hair stand on end. The New Hampshire Board of Barbering ...

Barber Pole, circa 1938 Wikipedia (CBS/AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. - Seems every time you turn around someone's taking a poll these days. In central Kentucky, thieves even took a couple of barber poles.

View full size Associated Press fileHoward Rettenmeier, who has cut hair for 55 years at the Uptown Barber Shop, stands by the barber pole at his Dyersville, Iowa, shop. ST.

Nearly six months ago, crooks stole a barber pole from Oliver’s Barber Shop on Chester Street and this week, owner George Oliver was reunited with it. With over 50 years of cutting and trimming ...