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The branding iron consisted of an iron rod with a simple symbol or mark which was heated in a fire. After the branding iron turned red-hot, the cowhand pressed the branding iron against the hide of the cow. The unique brand meant that cattle owned by multiple owners could then graze freely together on the commons or open range.
The Branding Iron is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Barbara Castleton and James Kirkwood. It was produced by Barker and Samuel Goldwyn and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. [1] [2] Castleton appeared nude in the film, which caused the particular scene to be cut in some parts of the country.
Human branding or stigmatizing is the process by which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention of the resulting scar making it permanent. This is performed using a hot or very cold branding iron.
A young steer is being branded with an electric branding iron and cut to make an earmark. Branding calves in Colorado, c. 1900. Photochrom print Hot iron horse branding, Spain Modern portable table calf branding cradle, NSW, Australia A stud Merino ram that has been branded on his horn. Livestock branding is a technique for marking livestock so ...
Freeze branding (sometimes called CryoBranding and the resulting brands, trichoglyphs [1]) is a technique involving a cryogenic coolant instead of heat to produce permanent marks on a variety of animals. [2] The coolant is used to lower the temperature of a branding iron such that its application to shaved skin will permanently alter hair ...
A branding iron is a tool that uses a heated metal shape to leave a mark on objects or livestock. Branding iron may also refer to: The Branding Iron, a 1920 American lost silent Western film; The Branding Iron, a 1919 novel by Katharine Newlin Burt; basis for the film; Branding Iron, a student newspaper at the University of Wyoming, US
The Branding Iron: Joan Carver 1921 The Child Thou Gavest Me: Norma Huntley 1922 False Fronts: Helen Baxter What's Wrong with the Women? Janet Lee The Streets of New York: Lucy Bloodgood My Friend the Devil: Anna Ryder 1923 The Net: Allayne Norman
The practice of human branding was abolished in England by 1829. [26] It continued in the United States until at least 1864, during the American Civil War, when the faces of some deserters from the Union Army were branded with the letter "D" as a mark of shame that was intended to discourage others from deserting. [27]