Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil

Obviously this product has nothing to do with electricity, it is just a patent medicine. But once electricity started to be available there was a major fad naming everything from medicine to toothbrushes to corsets, electric, even though they had absolutely nothing electric about them.

WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP

This was a very long lasting product despite there being quite a bit of evidence that it could be fatal to babies. It was extensively advertised with trade cards and newspaper ads.

19TH CENTURY CASTORIA CARD

Jumbo was a very famous Elephant owned by PT Barnum in the 1880's, in fact the word Jumbo, meaning large, can be traced back to the circus elephant.