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Barber Clarence Cobb cut hair in Smithfield for nearly 55 years. The customer in the picture is Ford Reynolds. The photo was taken July 8, 1975.

Bell Aircraft Corporation opened a plant, now called Bell Helicopter, in 1953. The helicopter factory was an important contributor to the growth of Northeast Tarrant County.

After the fire on January 3, 1947, a library was built where the gymnasium had been. A new gym-cafeteria was built and more buildings were added as the district’s population increased.

The famous "Red Brick Building" built in 1926 can be seen with an adjoining addition and high school-gymnasium near the corner of Carson and Baker Boulevard. A fire destroyed the gymnasium January 3, 1947. Notice the football field which is now a…

Birdville High School Bi-district Football Champions 1939-40.
Back row: Glenn Thomas, Arthur Parr, James Cheatham, Marvin Harris.
Front Row: Joe Hatchet, J.W. Sinclair, Roy Jenuine, Junior Rudd, Troy Pennington, James Cate, Marvin Mackey.

This photograph of the girls’ basketball team at Birdville High School was taken about 1925.

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Barkley (1822-1882) donated land for the first Birdville School. Barkley practiced law and medicine and is buried in Birdville Cemetery, which also happens to be on land he donated.

About Dr. Barkley:

In 1855 Dr. Benjamin…

The famous red brick building was really the second red brick building built for the Birdville ISD. The one pictured was opened for the 1926 school year after the previous building burned. The two-story building had four classrooms on the lower floor…

Birdville School 1913.

Top Row:
Miss Ethel Carrol ( teacher), Mary Reeves, Gertrude Owens, Maxie Bradley, Bena Hovencamp, Bertha Naylor, Cecil Owens, Mattie Reeves

Second Row:
Beatrice Brooks, Pearl Bewley, Edna Naylor, Edith Anderton,…