Original Gerber baby celebrates 94th birthday

Fox8 news ^ | 11/21/20 | Staff

[Rebelbase]

Reminds me of the old Yakov Smirnoff jokes with his punchline, "What a country!"

"In American grocery stores they put a picture of the food on the jar. I can't read English but can tell what is in the container by looking at the picture. I see beans and it's beans. I see corn and it's corn. I see peas and it's peas. Then I see a jar with a baby on the label...WHAT A COUNTRY!...."

[Robert DeLong]

I’d be curious to know if she made money for all those years. 8>)

[MV=PY]

Gerber is clearly racist.

[oldvirginian]

I wonder how long before the wokesters force Gerber to apologize for the whiteness of their label and consign Ann Cook to the ash bin of history?

[Deaf Smith]

When did she begin making Gerber knives?

[oh8eleven]

The world’s biggest baby-food maker, which started in Michigan, opened its third plant in Rochester [NY] shortly after World War II.
Gerber Products’ iconic water tower, which looked like a giant baby food jar, became a Rochester landmark. Gerber shut down in 1982.
Kodak leased the building for many years in the '90s- I worked there for 2 years - and to this day, the building is still known as the Gerber building.

[alexander_busek]

Not Humphry Bogart, huh?

Regards,

[Vermont Lt]

They got paid $300 up front. And she got a lifetime settlement of $5000 in the early 1950’s.

She made some money as a novelist later in life—much more than her family ever got paid for her likeness.

They replaced her. The new baby was paid in the millions.

[sanjuanbob]

Strange headline...that’s a really old baby.

[fidelis]

[Wilhelm Tell]

If you look at the right edge you can see what looks like the artist’s initials. I wonder if the original drawing still exists. It is a bit of America as well as a famous example of commercial art - it should be worth something.

[georgiegirl]

She’s still very pretty.

[setter]

A little bit of trivia.

Germany had a national contest for the ideal Germanic/Aryan baby. A photographer sent in a beautiful baby girl who was Jewish and she won. He knew this. Germans never caught on .

[Shark24]

“She’s still very pretty.”
I agree. 9 months ago when my daughter had her first child, a girl I spoke with the attending nurse afterward. I said I was prejudice but my new granddaughter was very beautiful (C-section helps that). The nurse agreed and said we call babies like your granddaughter “Gerber babies”. Cute.

[Bigg Red]

That’s funny.

The lady looks great.

[mac_truck]

She’s still a cutie...even if she’s only 92.

[Robert DeLong]

that’s interesting, thanks.

[georgiegirl]

Enjoy that precious bundle!

[FamiliarFace]

I’ve heard that before. Good to have a reminder of the story.

[Ancesthntr]

So she ate Gerber baby food...and look what happened to her! :>)

Congrats to this grand old lady.