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Posted on 05/26/2014 6:27:16 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Meet the original Gerber baby: Ann Turner Cook, now 87, on how a drawing turned her into the most iconic baby in history
The woman whose face inspired the Gerber baby drawing has opened up about what it has meant to be such an iconic symbol for nearly nine decades.
Ann Turner Cook, now 87, was just a few months old in 1928 when a charcoal sketch of her was selected in a contest to represent Gerber baby food.
Little did she know just how important that drawing would be, both for the company and for her. 'I can't think of anything nicer than to be a symbol for babies,' the retired English teacher told CBS News. 'And that's what I think I became.'
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Mrs Cook, now a great-grandmother, still has the same cheerful grin and sparkling eyes that she had as a baby when artist Dorothy Hope Smith, her neighbor in Connecticut, decided to sketch her.
'I always had that expression with my mouth hanging open,' laughed Mrs Cook. 'Kind of a quizzical expression!'
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Food; History
KEYWORDS: annturnercook; baby; gerber; gerberbaby
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posted on
05/26/2014 6:27:17 PM PDT
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Morgana
To: JoeProBono; Chode; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
...yea I just had to!
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posted on
05/26/2014 6:29:10 PM PDT
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Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: Morgana
Very sweet looking lady. Kind of favors the Queen of England.
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05/26/2014 6:32:04 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: Morgana
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posted on
05/26/2014 6:34:11 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Morgana
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posted on
05/26/2014 6:37:09 PM PDT
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Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
To: Morgana
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posted on
05/26/2014 6:40:53 PM PDT
by
bimboeruption
("We Recognize No Sovereign But God, And No King But Jesus!" - John Adams & John Hancock)
To: Morgana
When I worked in China in the mid 70s, they had knocked-off the glass Gerber baby food jars...can’t remember if they used Mrs. Cook or a Chinese baby.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I saw that. The baby was wearing khaki shirt and a hat with red star on it.
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05/26/2014 6:50:31 PM PDT
by
Ben Reyes
To: Morgana
The offspring at salsa like it was ice cream when babes. As long as it was what I was eating, it was A.O.K.
To: Morgana
I just spewed Cabernet all over my keyboard! Love it!
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05/26/2014 6:56:25 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Morgana
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05/26/2014 7:03:49 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: Morgana
I thought I had heard years ago that Humphrey Borgart had been the Gerber baby. Urban legend, or am I just confused?
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posted on
05/26/2014 7:07:39 PM PDT
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jocon307
To: Morgana
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05/26/2014 7:09:46 PM PDT
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Coleus
To: Morgana
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posted on
05/26/2014 7:25:43 PM PDT
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ConservativeMan55
(In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
To: Morgana
That’s really funny. I’m stealing it.
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05/26/2014 7:26:13 PM PDT
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meatloaf
(Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
To: Morgana
Oh wow... I just about peed myself there.
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05/26/2014 7:31:03 PM PDT
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Rodamala
To: Morgana
My late wife wanted to enter our baby girl in one of those contests. She finally changed her mind deciding she didn't want to fool with it even if she won.
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05/26/2014 7:44:49 PM PDT
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yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Morgana
She’s even hotter at 89.
What a babe...
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05/26/2014 8:19:25 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Morgana
*LOL!/CHUCKLING!*
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05/26/2014 8:39:21 PM PDT
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skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: Morgana
Don’t ever lose that smile!
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My late wife wanted to enter our baby girl in one of those contests. She finally changed her mind deciding she didn't want to fool with it even if she won.