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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!'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Food; History
KEYWORDS: annturnercook; baby; gerber; gerberbaby
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To: Vendome
She’s even hotter at 89.

Than she was as an infant. (?!) That's a little sick ...

21 posted on 05/27/2014 3:06:48 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You say I'm insane ... I say you're afraid.)
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To: Morgana; flaglady47; Chigirl 26; prairiebreeze; Bushbacker1; carlo3b; hoosiermama; oswegodeee; ...
A friend of mine was the late Illinois state representative, William "Bill" Redmond (D.,Bensenville).

His early career was that of a model beginning in 1913 at the age of 5. His face was used on the large box of Sun Maid raisins along with the slogan, "I Spent my Nickel for Little Sun Maid Raisins".

He was also the model for an enormously famous American calendar photo of a young boy with fishing pole and dog that Americans took to heart in a more innocent era.

Yesterday's models were the cute Sun Maid Raisins and Cracker Jack boys and the Gerber baby girl. Today's most familiar advertising model is a creepy green lizard!

Leni

22 posted on 05/27/2014 5:14:42 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: MinuteGal
Today's most familiar advertising model is a creepy green lizard!

Bring back the "Bud" "Wise" "Er" frogs!

23 posted on 05/27/2014 5:19:04 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Morgana
WOW...Gerber Picante Sauce!

It's been a long time since buying jars of baby food so we've missed out on a few "trends"...

;>D

That is just LOL funny. Thank you!

24 posted on 05/27/2014 7:30:33 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: jocon307
Urban legend. Humphrey Bogart's mother was Maud Humphrey Bogart, a commercial artist. Maud's drawing of Humphrey as a baby appeared on Mellin's baby food years before Gerber began producing baby food.

Another legend is that Maud drew/painted the Gerber baby. That's not true either, although Maud Bogart was a successful commercial artist.

Source: I've been a massive Bogart fan since high school, and Bogie's birthdate really was December 25. That wasn't made up by a movie studio trying to soften Bogie's image because of his frequent early appearances as a gangster.

25 posted on 05/27/2014 11:44:29 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?)
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To: Scoutmaster

Thanks for explaining that! He must have been a lovely Christmas present for his mom.

My dad met Bogart, when my dad worked at Abercrombie & Fitch back in the day when it was, at least in part, a sporting goods store. He sold him fishing rods or something like that.


26 posted on 05/27/2014 4:33:04 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: jocon307

I’ll bet your dad has some great stories from working at A&F back in the days when they outfitted big game hunters for safaris.


27 posted on 05/28/2014 7:10:19 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?)
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To: jocon307

I’ll bet your dad has some great stories from working at A&F back in the days when they outfitted big game hunters for safaris.


28 posted on 05/28/2014 7:10:19 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?)
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To: Vendome
I'd hit it.

Er, at 89.

29 posted on 05/28/2014 7:17:49 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

Like Ben Franklin!!!


30 posted on 05/28/2014 10:10:41 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Scoutmaster

I often wonder what he’d think about how that “brand” was totally changed. Well, I know he would think the girls were cute, he was always a fan of models - knew their names when nobody else did.


31 posted on 05/28/2014 10:32:07 AM PDT by jocon307
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