Month: March 2023

The barber pole is an internationally recognized symbol of the barbering trade. In my latest Flickr album, Shave and a Haircut, you will see a small selection of images of barber poles from the Prints and Photographs Division. The collections hold many more photos than I could use in the album. This is the kind of barber pole that I remember from my youth: Barber pole (manufactured by the Marvy Company), Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by John Margolies, 1984. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01748 There are many other types of barber poles represented in P&P holdings. Painted wooden poles were sometimes used to great effect: Barber poles, Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Photo by Russell Lee, November 1937. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a22420 Much less traditional is this Volkswagen decorated…