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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOriginal Gerber baby celebrates 94th birthday
?w=1280&h=720&crop=1The original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook, is celebrating her 94th birthday on Friday.
Cook was just 4 months old when her newborn face became famous.
In 1928, Gerber held a contest to find a face to represent their baby food advertising campaign.
According to the company's website, some artists submitted elaborate oil paintings, but one artist, Dorothy Hope Smith, an artist who specialized in children's portraits and who just happened to be Cook's neighbor, submitted a simple charcoal sketch and offered to elaborate on it if it was accepted.
Gerber executives said they couldn't resist the adorable baby face and selected the classic drawing as is.
Cook began appearing on Gerber products in 1928 and became the company's official trademark in 1931.
After growing up, Cook worked as an English teacher for most of her life.
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Original Gerber baby celebrates 94th birthday (Original Post)
Tom Yossarian Joad
Nov 2020
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tblue37
(64,979 posts)1. She's still cute. Looks great for her age!
kskiska
(27,040 posts)2. Humphrey Bogart was a model for baby food.
Bogarts mother was a commercial illustrator. A drawing of Humphrey as an infant was made by his mother and was used in advertisements for a different brand of baby food many years before Gerber was founded.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)6. Humphrey as a baby
Did he ever smile?
Examples of his mother's sketches. I assume she used Humphrey as a stand in...
malaise
(267,791 posts)3. Still beautiful
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)4. If that's a fairly recent picture she looks fantastic.
SMC22307
(8,088 posts)5. "Selected the classic drawing as is."
By today's standards, that's pretty amazing. Love her beautiful white hair!