Christmas Past with some of my Maybelline Family Cousins

Cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, with Jimmy, Nancy, Chuck and and their father, Noel A. Williams, Christmas 1961.

Noel A. Williams Christmas, 1967.

Chuck Williams BB1, 1967



Chuck and his mother, Jean Williams, Christmas, 1970.

Some of my Maybelline cousins.  Top row, Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, Christine Williams-Huber, Nancy Williams, Chuck Williams, James Williams-Huber, Julee Williams-Huber, Jimmy Williams.  Christmas, Montecito,  California, 1970.

Nancy and Chuck Williams with cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, 1970.

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Maybelline founder Tom Lyle Williams and his partner Emery Shaver, together for 50 years.

Part of the Tom Lyle Williams and Emery Shaver family, having lunch at  Damon's Steak House in Glendale California, before visiting Forest Lawn, and the tomb of
 their great uncles.



Anxious to see uncle Lyle and uncle Emery's, final resting place, our two families hurried to their Mausoleum.

I was mesmerized at the size of Elizabeth Taylor's monument, by far the largest of anyone at Forest Lawn.

Tom Lyle Williams and his lifetime partner, Emery Shaver, are entombed together in a crypt, in this beautiful Sanctuary.



Unable to be open with their relationship while alive,
 Tom Lyle and Emery are together eternally, in death. 




Ann Williams Corbett, Sharrie Williams, Donna Williams and  Floyd Shaver-Welles, honoring their great uncle's by placing two white roses on their crypt.  We believe our great uncle's, were instrumental in bringing our two families together 40 years after their deaths.

Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, placed 5 roses on the
 Shaver crypt, while their family beheld the sacred act.

We were all struck by this touching inscription: "O For One Hour Of Youthful Joy!  Give Back My Seventh Spring!  I'd Rather Laugh A Bright Haired Boy, Than Reign, A Gray - Beard King."

Upper left,  Mary Ann Welles, Floyd and Patty
 Shaver-Welles, Jeff Welles.
Below left, Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, Sharrie
 and Donna Williams.

The Williams and Shaver-Welles Family at Tam O' Shanter Restaurant in Los Angeles, celebrating Floyd Shaver-Welles Birthday... After a day of visiting our families at Forest Lawn Cemetery. We sincerely believe the Joy in our Spirit brought our loved one's Spirit's, back to life that night.

Some of the original Williams and Shaver's in 1922.  Left to Right...Tom Lyle Williams, Elizabeth Shaver, Bud Shaver, Emery Shaver seated, (unidentified) Ches Haines and Eva Williams (TL's sister.)

In honor of Tom Lyle and Emery, we, as their families, now consider ourselves one family and officially cousins.

Read all about Tom Lyle and Emery and their tremendous contribution to women developing their own identities in the 20th Century.....in The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.

http://youtu.be/OzJWGL-YB8I   View of Forest Lawn.

The Williams Shaver-Welles first meeting.....http://www.maybellinebook.com/2013/05/celebrating-cinco-de-mayo-2013-with.html

Thank you Jeff for making this memorable day possible.

Ziegfield, 1920s nudes, considered fine art today..

While some deem Maybelline, "The Provence of Whores,"  Erte' and Ziegfeld make it mainstream.

Erte' Queen of the night.

Ziegfeld Follies, Chorus girls.

Maybelline, during the early 1920's, received bad press,  primarily because it was worn by ladies of the night. However, when the Gibson Girl, transformed into the Ziegfeld Girl, Maybelline took off. 

Ziegfeld Girl,  Silent Film Star and Maybelline model, Louise Brooks - a front runner for the emerging flapper in the early 1920's.

Louise Brooks, 1920s, Ziegfeld Girl.

Alfred Cheney Johnston was the official photographer of the Zeigfeld Follies. His portraits of the

Zeigfeld Girls are considered fine art today. 

Jazz Age Beauty, Louise Brooks.

Maybelline targeted the emerging flapper market, with  illustrations of Louise Brooks.

Erte'  nude, Ziegfeld Girl.

Ziegfeld Girl, Paulette Goddard.

Alfred Cheney Johnston's, photograph of Ziegfeld Girl, and future wife of Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard.

Paulette Goddard, Ziegfeld Girl, and major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s.

Paulette Goddard,

Paulette Goddard's, stage debut was in the Ziegfeld revue, No Foolin in 1926. She was the first actress given a Technicolor screen test.  She also did several color, full page, Maybelline ads in the 1930s and 1940s.

During the 1920s, Tom Lyle began using Hollywood actresses to endorse Maybelline.  It was a brilliant marketing decision, and skyrocketed Maybelline mascara, out of back alleys and into every girls purse. 

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More Maybelline family, Christmas past, from the 60's and 70's.

Christmas past, with Noel J. and Frances Williams, branch of the Maybelline family.

Cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, with Jimmy, Nancy, Chuck and and their father, Noel A. Williams, Christmas 1961.

Noel A. Williams Christmas, 1967.

BB1, Chuck Williams, Christmas, 1967.



Chuck and his mother, Jean Williams, Christmas, 1970.

Some of my Maybelline cousins.  Top row, Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, Christine Williams-Huber, Nancy Williams, Chuck Williams, James Williams-Huber, Julee Williams-Huber, Jimmy Williams.  Christmas, Montecito,  California, 1970.

Nancy and Chuck Williams with cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, 1970.

Cousin Chuck and I will be bringing you more classic cars from the Maybelline family in January.  Some from his personal collection, as well as Tom Lyle Williams, 1940 Packard convertible, finally located, after 60 years.  Stay tuned for Fun Fun Fun in 2012!!!

Bill Williams memory lives on through his Clenet Automobile.

 Alain Clenet, refers to his American, coach-made, Clenet, as Driving Art. 

Alain Clenet was recognized for his contribution to Santa Barbara history, at the Concours d'Elegance.

Tom Pierpoint, President of The Clenet Cluster, with Alain Clenet.

These wonderful, limited edition automobiles were built in the late 70's and early 80's by Clenet Coachworks of Santa Barbara, CA. There has been a recent strong interest in these vehicles most probably due to the fact that they are becoming "classic neo-classics" as they all approach 30 years of age. We are probably a bit biased, but we think they are the most elegant automobiles ever produced.

The William P. Williams family, showed Bill's Classic Clenet, Series 1, number 13 at the Santa Barbara Concours, Oct 30th, as well as The La Quinta Concours d'Elegance, this year, where it won 2 place in the Neo-Classic, category.

Bill Williams Clenet, showed with 20 other Classic Clenet, owners, at Alain Clenet's, Coachworks, 35 Anniversary.

Steve Kourocas, (Clenet Coachworks original fabricator,) Alain Clenet, (designer and owner of Clenet Coachworks,) with Bill Williams daughter, Donna Williams.

Alain Clenet, sharing some memories of Bill Williams,  with his daughter, Donna Williams.

Steve Kourocas with Donna Williams.  Kourocas has many good stories about her father, Bill Williams during the fabricating, of number 13. 

Donna Williams with her cousin Ann Louise Williams-Corbett, enjoying the Concours.


Clénet is an automobile series with old retro styling, mixed with modern technology.  Each limited-production model was conceived, designed, and produced by a small team of men and women in Santa Barbara County, California in the 1970s and 1980s. The automobile's distinctive styling was based on the high-end automobiles of the 1930s. Despite their retro looks, Clénets used modern drive trains and suspension systems.   

My father, Bill Williams, the ultimate Gatsby...