Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18

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Subject: [Leica] old phoenix...
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Sun Feb 18 14:58:04 2007
References: <A9188A2F-C374-4A1B-92D5-8A3FDA3F1236@cox.net> <EA3CA879-99D5-4C0B-93C3-0BF1B5E6829D@pandora.be>
 
Philippe Orlent askes:

> Does anybody know what the origin is of the candy bar like barber  
> shop sign?

Hi Philippe,

If I remember correctly from a biography I read on Louis Pasteur as a child 
it was used to indicate that this was the business of a surgeon (i.e. 
barbers were surgeons several hundred years ago).

Greg J. Lorenzo
Calgary, Alberta
In reply to: Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] old phoenix...)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] old phoenix...)