many of these photos were used in advertisements for things like gerber baby food. >> were you a gerbert's right. >> excuse me. i've just met a gerber baby, okay? >> today lindley is hosting a bannister baby reunion at her home here in bedford, new york. >> i'm so glad you could all get together. it's incredible. i feel like you're a part of history. lynda has a surprise for you. >> lindley, we have from her archives for you... >> [ gasps ] >> oh, lindley. >> that's for your collection. >> thank you. >> this is linda byers. >> oh, linda. >> oh, my. >> let's see yours. >> oh. >> oh, wow. >> oh, my hair is different. >> and, also, mom made a note under the remarks that linda was cute. >> [ laughs ] >> how many bannister babies are there left? >> oh, there's hundreds left still. >> i bet we find more. >> that'd be great. >> it could make a good book, lynda thinks. meantime, as word gets out about the collection, lynda receives an offer from a buyer who wants to purchase the entire photo library. it could be a big payday. other vintage collections are said to be worth millions. >> is this c

we have have all been shopping for baby food, alex, over the years. >> and everyone knows the gerberike a phrase. oh, you could be a girl err babe. >> i so true, owes' gerber baby, of course it was a real person, all right, stop it. >> well, you are kinds after babe. >> i i am a babe. >> i wait. are you the original gerber baby? >> all right. i was -- i've been hiding it for years, we can finally reveal that i was the original gerber. no, no. but the original gerber baby it was a real person. it wasn't just a drawing. it was a real baby, and her name is and was ann turner, she won a contest in 1928 to become the face of gerber baby food. so her neighbor sketched that drawing. >> yes? >> and it won the contest. >> and gerber fell in love. >> from then on, all these years, she has been the gerber babe. >> i she is still with us. >> yes, she 91, see what she looks like now? >> kaboom. there she is. >> oh, look at her, so retired english teacher, and american mystery novelist. and she lives in tampa. >> yep. >> and yes. apparently, her neighbors connection, or no, her own connection to b