The Maybelline Story
Room VII · The Archive

Everything ever published

All 1,354 published posts, spanning 17 calendar years, in one place — searchable and sortable by publication date or title.

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From the Study — Tom Lyle Williams’ innovations transformed Maybelline from a kitchen-based startup into a cosmetics giant.
From the Study — Tom Lyle Williams’ innovations transformed Maybelline from a kitchen-based startup into a cosmetics giant.
From the Library — Harald Rags Ragland, the top executive outside the Williams family.
From the Library — Harald Rags Ragland, the top executive outside the Williams family.
From the Garage — A 1934 Packard Convertible, redesigned and renamed Clenet.
From the Garage — A 1934 Packard Convertible, redesigned and renamed Clenet.

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  1. Phil Hartman gets his Star on the Walk of Fame…My sister Donna Williams documents it with…
  2. 1977 TV commercial, with Robin Williams, pre “Mork and Mindy, features my fellow author and…
  3. Maybelline Mascara packaging has remained part of it’s brilliant marketing strategy for 100…
  4. Maybelline cousins leave Chicago bound for California to visit the Villa Valentino in…
  5. NICHE Magazine’s, “COASTAL CHIC” with my Maybelline Memories Column is available now
  6. After a 30 year hiatus, my darling godchild Hana-Lee Sedgwick and I, resume our rightful…
  7. Visit Author Sharrie Williams new website
  8. Maybelline’s namesake, Mabel Williams Vintage 1925 Wedding Album pictures
  9. My Great uncle, Tom Lyle Williams, shared the Maybelline company’s Pot of Gold, with his…
  10. The Power of Social Media has skyrocketed my Career in a way I never expected!
  11. Read more about the founding of The Maybelline Company …1915 to 1968 and beyond
  12. Maybelline’s profits grow during the Great Depression because of Advertising a quality…
  13. Advertising and Fashion Capitalized on women’s new found Sexuality, during the 1920’s and…
  14. Video of Sharrie Williams Book Signing for Balboa Book Club on the Balboa Peninsula, in…
  15. Just signed with Italia Gandolfo, of Gandolfo Helin Literary Management for three more books
  16. Happy 4th of July… Try two of my favorite deserts, Home Made Peach Cobbler and Patriotic…
  17. View Sharrie Williams, One Woman Show, “100 Years of Maybelline
  18. My Daredevil Maybelline Cousin, Jerry Westhouse…a real “ROCKET MAN” Drag Car Racer
  19. Beautiful Silent Film Stars endorse Maybelline and promote the Women’s Movement
  20. Mabel Williams, ‘Secrets from the Harem,’ from Photoplay Magazine…1915, inspired the birth…
  21. Maybelline’s Super Star Models, during the Golden Age of Hollywood
  22. 1935…Maybelline products, mounted on a card, and placed on display racks, for easy…
  23. The healing process begins after Nana’s terrible demise in Hot Springs Arkansas…1978
  24. Maybelline Founder’s Great nephew, 16 year old Preston Williams takes a Joy Ride, in his…
  25. My 1977 Series 1, Clenet, # 13 out of 250 is back on the road again in Newport Beach
  26. Bohman and Schwartz creates one of a kind masterpiece in this 1940 Packard Victoria…
  27. Memorial to the Maybelline Family Veterans who fought for their Country during WWl and WWll.
  28. NICHE magazine featuring Super Model Kate Moss and my Maybelline Memories Column..
  29. Maybelline New York “Please bring back Ultra Big Ultra Lash Waterproof Mascara” says my…
  30. 40 year reunion with my old boyfriend, sparks memories of the sale of the Maybelline…

Adjoining rooms

Room I The Study Founder and brand history. How a kitchen-table lash remedy became an American empire — the anchor of the whole archive. Room III The Gallery Vintage advertising and packaging, hung as plates — every carton, card and full-page ad, shown at full resolution. Room IX The Garage Cars, automobiles, Packards, car shows, awards and exotic vehicles connected with the Williams family.

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© 2026 Sharrie Williams · All photographs from the Williams family archive