Mrs. Baird's Bakery at 1701 Summit Ave.

Mrs. Baird's Bakery at 1701 Summit Ave. looking east, Aug. 27, 1988. Designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick; built 1937-38. (Photo: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Mrs. Baird’s Bakery under construction, 1938. (Photo: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Interior view of assembly line and employees, 1949. Employees are working with the machines that are producing loaves of bread. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Entrance to the Summit Avenue facility. (Photo: Judith S. Cohen Cowtown Moderne Research Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Aerial of Mrs. Baird's Bakery plant, 1954. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Mrs. Baird's Bread truck in front of the factory, 1941. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Interior of Mrs. Baird's factory with employees preparing bread in an assembly line, 1941. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Portrait of Ninia “Ninnie” Lilla Baird, 1948. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Vernon Baird, left, assistant manager of Mrs. Baird's Bakery, gives a warm welcome to Santa Claus on Dec. 16, 1951, at West Vickery Boulevard and Summit Avenue, where St. Nick will greet excited visitors of all ages. (Photo: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

A loaf of Mrs. Baird's bread in its iconic packaging that sports its famous “Stays fresh longer” tagline, 1950s. (Photo: John Rogers and Georgette de Bruchard Collection (AR0870), University of North Texas Special Collections.)

In 2009, 48 years after her death, a 15.5-acre City of Fort Worth park was acquired and named in Ninnie's honor. Ninnie Baird Neighborhood Park is located at 8900 Hawley Drive, north of Shiver Road, south of Heritage Trace Parkway and west of Ray White Road. (Photo: City of Fort Worth.)

Mrs. Baird's Bread truck leaving the factory, 1941. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Interior of Mrs. Baird's factory with an employee standing in an aisle of bread carts checking on packaged loaves ready for shipment, 1941. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Mrs. Baird's Bakery building, 1945. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Mrs. Baird's Bakery looking west, Aug. 27, 1988. (Photo: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

Interior of the Mrs. Baird's factory with an employee monitoring the packaging of a loaf of bread on an assembly belt, 1941. (Photo: W.D. Smith Commercial Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.)

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