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What does BP stand for?

Barber Pole


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Samples in periodicals archive:
On long trips, we often played a game that involved spotting certain objects along the way - farm animals, say, or motorcycles, barber poles, lightning rods, tombstones, whatever.
Main street" was created to reflect the era through storefront shops with awnings and signage, a 35-foot movie marquee and interchangeable movie posters, barber/beauty shop with active barber pole, large-scale posters of interchangeable Virginia travel scenes, and chapel facade flanked with wall sconces and stone urns with evergreens and park bench centrally located under clerestory natural light.
One way to avoid the barber pole effect is to employ slip matching.
The premiere look in veneer, what I think avodire veneer is famous for, is the barber pole figure, which is a big, rolling diagonal curl.
Some of the original items in use when Elvis was there have been returned, such as the barber pole and one of the chairs, donated by one of the barbers who was there on that day in 1958.
You will also want the emblem of the barber pole to put the last touches on the ambiance.
Several other women have worked in the Mohawk shop over the years, and in the early days one of them objected to the traditional barber pole out front next to the sign.
aka "The Doug McIntyre Wants a Nice House in Toluca Lake with a Pool and Central Air and Plenty of Room for my Guns and Antique Barber Pole Collection Act of 2008.

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