Since 1956
Club photographs, publications, programs, awards, and records.
Undated
An undated album page preserves club presentations, dinner photographs, and an early hand-drawn West Tacoma Optimist emblem. The page is strong evidence of club identity even though the event dates remain unknown.
circa 1974–1975
Six photographs on a club album page show speakers, awards, dinner fellowship, and presentations. A banner visible in the photographs supplies the approximate 1974–75 date range.
October 13, 1970
An album photograph records an officer oath or installation ceremony on October 13, 1970. Handwritten annotations identify several participants, but some names remain provisional.
1950s
A working chronology of club presidents beginning with charter president Edwin P. Miller in 1956–57 and continuing through handwritten recent updates.
1980s
A 1984 benefit at Wilson High School raised support for a new Tacoma-area center serving people with disabilities.
1990s
The club’s 1994 benefit auction supported women’s fastpitch programs at Pacific Lutheran University, the University of Washington, and the University of Puget Sound.
2010s
A 2017 flyer for the club’s annual community breakfast, silent auction, book sale, and youth-fund fundraiser.
1950s
This internal club history page preserves the charter date and an early working chronology of club presidents.
1971
Optimist International presented this award to the Optimist Club of West Tacoma for motivating young people in the spirit of “Friend of the Boy.”
