Biography of ann turner cook
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In , Gerber held a contest to find a face to represent a baby food advertising campaign. Artist Dorothy Hope Smith entered her simple charcoal sketch of a tousle-haired, bright-eyed ängel of a baby with endearing pursed lips. In her entry, Smith noted that she would finish the sketch if she won. Her drawing competed with elaborate oil paintings, but the judges fell in love with the baby face Smith drew, and when they chose it as the winner, they insisted that the simple bild remain a sketch. The image of this happy, healthy baby was soon to become the face that launched a brand, a face recognized and loved across the globe.
Indeed, the bild became so popular that Gerber adopted it as its tjänsteman trademark in Since then, the
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Ann Turner Cook
American Baby Food Icon (–)
For other people with the same name, see Anne Cook.
Ann Turner Cook (born Ann Leslie Turner; November 20, – June 3, ) was an American educator and mystery novelist who was best known as the model for the familiar Gerber Baby artwork, seen on baby food packages of the Gerber Products Company.[1]
Early life and Gerber Baby history
[edit]Born in Westport, Connecticut, she was the daughter of Bethel (Burson) and syndicated cartoonist Leslie Turner, who drew the comic strip Captain Easy for decades.[2][3] The family's neighbor was the artist Dorothy Hope Smith, who did a charcoal drawing of Ann when she was a baby. In , when Gerber announced it was looking for baby images for its upcoming line of baby food, Smith's drawing was submitted and subsequently chosen. It was trademarked in [4][5] The drawing of Ann Turner Cook has since been used on virtually all Gerber baby food packa
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Ann Turner Cook
Love, Secrets, and Second Chances—February’s Must-Read Books Await!
Ann Turner Cook began life as the model for the Gerber Products trademark, and her works emphasize the bond between mother and child. A member of Mystery Writers of America, the retired English teacher and her husband research her novels among the rivers, lakes, and small towns of west Central Florida. The couple lives in Tampa.
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Series
Books:
Micanopy In Shadow, AprilBrandy O'Bannon Mystery
Paperback / e-Book
Homosassa Shadows, February
Brandy O'Bannon Mystery
Paperback / e-Book
Shadow Over Cedar Key, May
Brandy O'Bannon Mystery
Paperback / e-Book
Trace Their Shadows, November
Paperback / e-Book