Just as companies took advantage of Abraham Lincoln's name and image well after his assassination, others took advantage before he even took office! Witness these images from the February 27, 1861 issue of the New York Times; they are advertisements for "Bellingham's Stimulating Onguent for the Hair and Whiskers." Undoubtedly, Dr. Bellingham stretched the truth in his claim that Abraham Lincoln was a patron of his "onguent," but stretching the truth was par for the course for peddlers of quack medicines and "snake oil" for most of the 19th century and well in to the 20th century.Keep your eyes on the blog for more tidbits on Abraham Lincoln's association with patent medicines (voluntary and otherwise)!
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