the baby on the logo
2007-01-29 14:16:58 · 17 answers · asked by cookie 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Ann Turner Cook is a mystery author and former high school English literature and writing teacher. She was the model for the Gerber baby logo on baby food jars of the Gerber brand. Daughter of cartoonist Leslie Turner, a 4 month old Ann Cook was used as the model for a charcoal drawing by neighbour Dorothy Hope Smith. In 1928, when Gerber announced it was looking for baby images for its upcoming line of baby food, Smith's drawing was submitted and subsequently chosen. The drawing of Ann Turner Cook has been used on all Gerber baby food packaging since.
After retiring from teaching in Tampa, Florida, she became a mystery author. Her books include Trace Their Shadows, Shadow Over Cedar Key, and Homosassa Shadows.
2007-01-29 14:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by lisa h 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
In 1928, Gerber was seeking a baby face for the ad campaign introducing its newly developed baby food. Smith submitted her drawing amid elaborate oil paintings and said that she could finish the sketch if it was accepted. The Gerber execs were so taken with it that they claimed it as it was, and the Gerber Baby made her debut. The illustration soon became so popular that Gerber adopted it as its official trademark in 1931. Since then, the Gerber Baby has appeared on all Gerber packaging and in every Gerber advertisement, making her the world's best-known baby.
For more info use this link:
http://www.gerber.com/gerberbaby
2007-01-29 22:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by fdm215 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Gerber baby, who appears on the packaging of all Gerber products, is a portrait of four-month-old Ann Turner Cook born in 1928.
2007-01-29 22:21:31 · answer #3 · answered by Karri 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Gerber baby, who appears on the packaging of all Gerber products, is a portrait of four-month-old Ann Turner Cook.
2007-01-29 22:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by Chusa_Loca 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
THE GERBER BABY ON THE BOX LOOKS ABOUT 8-10 MONTHS OLD.
2007-01-29 22:29:31 · answer #5 · answered by JEN 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The real gerber baby is about 7o years old now. but she was only about a year and a half for the portrait
2007-01-29 22:21:10 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo Answer Rat 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-29 22:19:44 · answer #7 · answered by MiKe Drazen 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
im the gerber baby and i am 14
2007-01-29 22:19:07 · answer #8 · answered by cierra 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The Gerber baby is actually Jane Seymour, the actress from that show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. They modeled the illustration on the jar after her when she was a baby.I think her show was on in the 80's. Anyway, she's English and she's in her 50's now.
2007-01-29 22:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by true blue 6 · 0⤊ 7⤋
Here's a photo
http://www.snopes.com/movies/graphics/cook.jpg
2007-01-29 22:59:03 · answer #10 · answered by ebeez85 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋