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Old Posted Jan 26, 2020, 8:19 AM
Noir_Noir Noir_Noir is offline
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
Location solved (?)




I believe I have figured out where the 'Vasa - Dagen' party took place....If I am correct, it's now buried beneath the Santa Monica Freeway.


The location is the Swedish-American Auditorium at 1720 S. Flower St.


lapl / 1720 S. Flower Street


In 1916 the premises at 1720 South Flower was hosting what I assume was the wholesome Swedish fun of the Vasa - Dagen.

Twenty years later, it was another type of fun entirely - craps, blackjack and roulette upstairs ... while the coffin making carried on down below.



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