EARLY TURNED BARBER POLE ~RED WHITE BLUE GOLD
(Item: BARBER POLE)

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This auction is a 66 inch tall, circa 1880s wooden turned Barber Pole. About 9 inches at the widest and 8 1/4 inch diameter at the bottom and a 1 3/4 inch hole drilled through the center.....suppose for mounting on a post. One side shows a fair amount of wear on the paint the the other side is good, as pictured. Bottom has what looks like a fairly fresh cut, so it may have once been taller. Standing 5 1/2 feet tall, the Pole is a dynamic display. A great presence for any type of "Hair" business or as we have used it as a Red, White and Blue piece of Americana!
Found on a Ranch near Cimarron, Kansas, which is near Dodge City, Kansas, so speculation says: it came from the glory days of Dodge! The top Ball turning is Gold, as it should be, to represent the "blood letting" pot or the "Leach" pot. The history of the Barber business is reflected in the traditional Barber Pole; the "blood letter" hung his used bandages out to dry and they blew in the wind and wrapped around the pole. Red and blue representing artery and venous blood, the white for clean bandages and the "gold" for the leach pot; other people report a more red, white and blue patriotic history; so, probably a combination of both. Besides the paint mention above, there are some old checks in the wood and some on the top of the Ball, as pictured. Suppose there could have been some over paint through the years, but for the most part, the paint looks great, old dry and crackly. The wood is pine and it weighs nearly 40 pounds.
Will pack properly and ship promptly. UPS "OVERSIZED" SHIPPING $30

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~DISPLAYED WITH CHILD SIZE TWIG ROCKER~

~CLOSEUP OF GOLD BALL TOP WITH HOLLOW CENTER FOR POLE MOUNT~

~CLOSEUP OF BOTTOM WITH DRILLED CENTER FOR POLE MOUNT~

~CLOSEUP OF PAINT~

~GOOD SIDE OUT~

~PAINT LOSS SIDE OUT~

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