Gerber Baby

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE GERBER BABY CONTEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frank Daniel Gerber, with his son Daniel Frank Worked to create an image that would fill in the blank Labels on the their tins of stewed baby food To give the 1928 ad campaign attitude So they put out the feelers for artwork galore Paintings, portraits, drawings and more Bombarded them from every direction Til an unfinished charcoal drawing caught their attention An unfinished charcoal sketch Dorothy Smith submitted “This is the winner!!” the Gerber men admitted The vision that would become internationally known Had been discovered….the seeds were sown With blonde wavy hair, soft to the touch Big round eyes that express so much Pink rosy cheeks that beg for a squeeze Cherubim lips that can bring a grown person to their knees Gerber Baby is still as popular today It keeps getting stronger with each and every yesterday This Angelic face graces many a label Serving American toddlers at the dinner table. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ©copyright Juanita Torr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~