Vinny's
On the way to the zoo yesterday we stumbled across Vinny's. This is one of the best barber's pole I've ever seen.
A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a tradition dates back to the Middle Ages, a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes which is often red and white in many countries, but in the US it's usually red white and blue. The origin of the red and white barber pole is associated with the service of bloodletting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages wrapped around a pole. During medieval times, barbers performed surgery on customers, as well as tooth extractions. The original pole had a brass wash basin at the top which represented the vessel in which leeches were kept and bottom represented the basin that received the blood. The pole itself represents the staff that the patient gripped during the procedure to encourage blood flow. So now you know......and I think you'll be safe in the hands of Vinny!
Vinny's
On the way to the zoo yesterday we stumbled across Vinny's. This is one of the best barber's pole I've ever seen.
A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a tradition dates back to the Middle Ages, a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes which is often red and white in many countries, but in the US it's usually red white and blue. The origin of the red and white barber pole is associated with the service of bloodletting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages wrapped around a pole. During medieval times, barbers performed surgery on customers, as well as tooth extractions. The original pole had a brass wash basin at the top which represented the vessel in which leeches were kept and bottom represented the basin that received the blood. The pole itself represents the staff that the patient gripped during the procedure to encourage blood flow. So now you know......and I think you'll be safe in the hands of Vinny!