Daniel Frank Gerber

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Daniel Frank Gerber

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Birthplace: Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States
Death: March 16, 1974 (75)
Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Frank Daniel Gerber and Dora Pauline Gerber
Husband of Dorothy Gerber
Father of Dorothy Scott Gerber; Sally Phinny; Paula Warm; Gay Cummings; Daniel Gerber, Jr. and 1 other

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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About Daniel Frank Gerber

The popular image was the outcome of Frank Daniel Gerber and Daniel Frank Gerber, owners of the Fremont Canning Company, looking for the best baby face to launch its advertising campaign for their new baby food product line. Their search began with a contest asking for artwork that would best represent the new brand which resulted in hundreds of drawings and paintings of babies. Dorothy Hope Smith’s charcoal sketch of happy, healthy baby with tousled hair was the winning entry which became the company’s official trademark in 1931.



            
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Daniel Frank Gerber's Timeline

1898
May 6, 1898
Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States
1924
1924
MI, United States
1927
1927
Fremont, Newaygo County, MI, United States
1933
1933
Fremont, Newaygo County, MI, United States
1938
1938
Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States
1974
March 16, 1974
Age 75
Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States
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