"This product was produced by my great-grandfather, James C. Elms', business! I have an original circular for the product framed in my home (as does my sister and my late brother's wife). James C. Elms was my father's mother's father. (My father was William Morgan Ward Sr.; and his mother was Blanche Elms Ward.) James Elms was originally from England and came to the U.S. where he continued in the same line of business, making many trips back to England by boat over the ensuing years. His home in St. Louis was set on a hill from where an individual could see all the way to the St. Louis riverfront in the distance. We have a very good picture of him in the family. There was an effort in recent years by a cosmetology group to turn the home into a museum of cosmetology, but they were unable to raise sufficient funds to do so, and the house was subsequently torn down. Please let me know if you are interested in either a copy of the circular or of his picture. It has been great fun to find that his product made it into the Smithsonian collection! Sincerely, Jane Ward Lindberg"