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70 years ago…

February 13, 1936 – Ybor City Optimist Club receives its charter from Optimist International.  The club held a celebratory banquet at El Pasaje restaurant.  The guest list included Cuban government and military officials, plus leaders from that country’s tobacco industry.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

2 comments - add to the conversation! → “new group forms”


  1. editengine

    4 years ago

    I wonder if it went well?


  2. david jenkins

    4 years ago

    I bet at the least they thought so …


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