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Century of Progress (1933)

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April 6, 2009 at 9:21 am

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  1. MY HUSBAND. ARTHUR, IS 92 AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BENJAMIN ANSEHL COMPANY IN ST. LOUIS. HE IS THE MIDDLE SON OF BENJAMIN ANSEHL, FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY. ARTHUR’S TWO LATE BROTHERS WERE ALSO OFFICERS IN THE COMPANY. RECENTLY, A BOOK BY SHARRIE
    WILLIAMS WAS MENTIONED IN THE “CHICAGO HISTORY JOURNAL”. IT CONCERNED A COMPANY AND A CHICAGO CHEMIST WHO OWNED A COMPANY NAMED MAYBELLINE. IN 1917 HE DEVELOPED A MASCARA THAT HE REGISTERED UNDER THE NAME LASH-BROW-LNE. LATER, THE CHEMIST BROUGHT SUIT AGAINST LASHBROW LABORATORIES CO. OF ST. LOUIS, OWNED BY BENJAMIN ANSEHL. HE LOST AS MY FATHER-IN-LAW HAD BEEN MANUFACTURING AND SELLING A SIMULAR PRODUCT SINCE 1912 UNDER THE COMPANY NAME OF LASHBROW LABORATORIES. THE POINT IS, HOW CAN THIS AUTHOR PUBLISH A BOOK WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THE ANSEHL FAMILY IN ST LOUIS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ANSEHL COMPANY GREW TO BE THE LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COSMETIC COMPANY IN THE STATES, IT WAS LATER BOUGHT OUT BY THE WEYERHAUSER CORP. WE STILL POSSESS ONE OF THE LASHBROW BOTTLES WITH MY FATHER-IN-LAWS SIGNITURE AROUND NECK AS WELL AS A FOLDER-FULL OF ADS, ARTICLES AND CHARGE SHEETS.

    jeanne Ansehl

    January 29, 2011 at 11:43 pm

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