The Maybelline Story

Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America

By Sharrie Williams · Written March 2015 · 1 min read

Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America
Maybelline founder, Tom Lyle bought his first car in the Fall of 1916, customised the wheels and fish tailed the back end of the car.



Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America

Tom Lyle with his family. in his new Paige Detroit, Chicago, 1917.

Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America
 Paige Detroit 1916 H2 6 – 38 Owner Manual Original.


Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America


Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America


Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America


Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America


Maybelline’s 1916 Paige Detroit, The most Beautiful Car in America

Read more about Tom Lyle’s first car and his love affair with
 beautiful automobiles, in The Maybelline Story and the Spirited 
Family Dynasty Behind it.


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