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  2. Barber surgeon - Wikipedia

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    The barber surgeon, one of the most common European medical practitioners of the Middle Ages, was generally charged with caring for soldiers during and after battle. In this era, surgery was seldom conducted by physicians, but instead by barbers , who, possessing razors and dexterity indispensable to their trade, were called upon for numerous ...

  3. Naval Air Station Barbers Point - Wikipedia

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    4L/22R. 1,372 metres (4,501 ft) Asphalt. Naval Air Station Barbers Point ( ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF ), on O'ahu, home to John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport ), is a former United States Navy airfield closed in 1999, and renamed Kalaeloa Airport. Parts of the former air station serve as a film and television ...

  4. Obsolete badges of the United States military - Wikipedia

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    After World War II many badges were phased out of the United States Armed Forces in favor of more modern military badges which are used today. A unique obsolete badge situation occurred with General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold , who in 1913 was among the 24 Army pilots to receive the first Military Aviator Badge , an eagle bearing Signal ...

  5. Barber's pole - Wikipedia

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    Barber shop in Torquay, Devon, England, with red and white pole. 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 dating back to the Middle Ages, a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes (often red and white in many countries, but usually red ...

  6. Barber - Wikipedia

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    A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave hair or beards. A barber's place of work is known as a barbershop or the barber's. Barbershops have been noted places of social interaction and public discourse since at least classical antiquity. In some instances, barbershops were also public forums.

  7. Barber Motorsports Park - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Barber Motorsports Park. Barber Motorsports Park is an 880 acres (360 ha) racing facility in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built by George W. Barber, and includes the 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m 2) Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. [1] It has been the site of the IndyCar Series ' Grand Prix of Alabama since 2010.

  8. Straight razor - Wikipedia

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    Straight razor. Thiers Issard Le Thiernois Sheffield silver steel, mirror-finished, singing, 5/8 inch blade, fully hollow ground, round-nose razor with decorated 24k gold-inlaid blade, fluted shank, double stabiliser, and double-pin, blonde horn scales. A straight razor is a razor with a blade that can fold into its handle.

  9. File:Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Birmingham Alabama.jpg

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    English: Located in the 880-acre Barber Motorsports Park, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is 230,000 square feet and home to the world's largest collection of motorcycles - along with more than 80 rare and unique cars.