Posted on 11/20/2019 9:55:45 PM PST by Morgana
WTVO) — Ann Turner Cook was only 4 months old when she became famous as the original Gerber baby. She turns 93 on Wednesday.
According to the company’s website, Gerber held a contest in 1928 to find a face to represent their baby food.
Many artist submitted oil paintings, but Dorothy Hope Smith, who specialized in children’s portraits and happened to be Cook’s neighbor, submitted a charcoal sketch which was selected.
Cook’s face appeared on Gerber products beginning in 1928 and became the official trademark in 1931.
Cook became an English teacher for the majority of her life, according to WLS.
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Maybe. I’ve been retired 10 years. If they are it would have to be at an auction of paper and other ephemera, and get a couple of collectors bidding on them. Toward the end, we found our older clientele were dying off, and the young ‘uns didn’t know who the older celebrities were; Gene Autry?! Who’s THAT?! We saw an occasional Chessie, too. In York County, PA the Western Maryland freights came right thru our neck of the woods. I was in awe.
Good tips, thanks. I’ve been dismayed at all the so-called “brownware” I’ve saved up from relatives bringing next to nothing at auction any more. The IKEA generation can’t be bothered with anything that isn’t wipe-clean or dishwasher-safe and ultimately disposable.
An elderly lady in the ritziest area in the burbs around York, PA called me to consider taking some things to auction. Displayed on her dining room table was a ton of once valuable silverplate articles; all high quality, but disdained by the younger set. I told her it had little resale value, and if she loved it, just keep it, enjoy seeing it, and after she’s gone let someone else sell of it. Sterling will still sell, but silverplate, nein.
I’ve seen carved mahogany Edwardian lady’s chairs with freshly reupholstered velvet seats go for less than the price of the velvet. It’s sad.
One of our neighbors is the original Campbell Soup girl (1930’s ).
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