People from all over the world since 1927 see the image of this girl. And how did Ann Turner Cook become the face of the Gerber brand, and what happened to her later? In the article, we will tell the story of the appearance of this packaging and how the life of the baby with the baby food label has developed.
The background of the portrait
This story began in West Port, Connecticut. A neighbor of the artist Dorothy Hope Smith had a daughter. And when the girl was 5 months old, the artist asked for permission to make a portrait of the baby. But then Dorothy did not make a full-fledged portrait, having created a simple pencil sketch.
Portrait
And soon the Gerber brand announced a portrait contest for baby food labels. Many works were sent to the contest. Dorothy Hope Smith also decided to participate in it and sent her sketch, promising that she would complete work on the portrait if the jury awarded her a victory. But the sketch won the judges and they awarded Dorothy's victory with the condition that she would not finish the portrait.
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So on the labels of Gerbera products appeared pencil portrait of Ann Turner Cook. But the prototype of advertising for a long time remained unknown. And for decades, the noise has not abated around the portrait. People tried to prove that the advertisement depicts their child. There was even a version that this is a portrait of actor Humphrey Bogarat. And only in 1978, the secret of the identity of baby Cook was revealed.
