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. Maybelline – The Original Mad Men in the Cosmetic and Advertising Industry.
  2. Maybelline Star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame?
  3. Maybelline’s use of color skyrocketed their ads to new heights!
  4. Maybelline had no competition with Max Facator
  5. Maybelline Girl transforms her image to fit the times.
  6. Maybelline now has the Good Housekeeping Stamp of Approval.
  7. The Building of an Empire…Maybelline pioneered advertising and marketing in the cosmetic…
  8. Maybelline model Natalie Moorhead shifts direction in the 1930’s.
  9. Miss Maybelline Capitalize’s on the word chic!
  10. Miss Maybellines secret for beautiful hair.
  11. Miss Maybelline’s Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
  12. Maybelline Story Public Relations by Michael Levine and LCO
  13. Maybelline Story Press and Media with Levine Communication.
  14. Maybelline profits go off the charts with actress Myrna Loy in 1934.
  15. Maybelline’s own original Blond Bombshell, Jean Harlow!!
  16. Maybelline ad hits the stands as stock market crashes.
  17. Maybelline Super Model from the 1920’s, Viola Dana.
  18. Maybelline cousins gather to support The Maybelline Story
  19. Maybelline Targets the Flapper in the 1920’s with film star Phyllis Haver.
  20. Silent Film Star Mildred Davis was Maybelline Model in 1922.
  21. Did Mabel really singe off her eyebrows or is there more to the story?
  22. Geometry of the Heart, Miss Maybelline was in love with both brothers!
  23. Author of The Maybelline Story – Today on Good Morning Arizona!
  24. Noel James Williams was the Maybelline Company!
  25. Mabel Williams will forever be MAYBELLINE!
  26. Maybelline might have been called Evaline
  27. The original Maybelline Family from Kentucky to Chicago to Hollywood and beyond.
  28. Maybelline Story author Sharrie Williams on the AZTV Show.
  29. The Maybelline Story, inside peek of a never before told stroy!
  30. Maybelline Story excerpt with pictures of Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and Eleanor Fisher.

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.

Stories New stories, by text.

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