John "Bernat" Perme at Home
in Bernat's Saloon
Previously the Crystal Palace Hotel, Leadville, Colorado
(Photographs circa mid 1920s)

John "Bernat" Perme behind the bar in his saloon inside the Crystal Palace Hotel, circa the late 1920s.

(Photograph courtesy of Beverly and Roger Phillips)

John "Bernat" Perme behind the bar in his saloon, circa 1928 (or a few years later), judging from the clearly visible, circa 1928, Atwater-Kent tube radio sitting on the back-bar at far right. Bernat's Saloon was located inside the historic old building that the Leadville townspeople remembered and still referred to as the Crystal Palace Hotel. Mr. "Bernat" purchased the old hotel building from Joe and Louis Martinelli in 1923. The Wurlitzer style 32-A Concert PianOrchestra occupied one wall of the saloon, but is not visible in this photograph.
John "Bernat" Perme standing proudly in front of the elegant bar in his saloon located inside the Crystal Palace Hotel, circa the late 1920s.

(Photograph courtesy of Beverly and Roger Phillips)

John "Bernat" Perme standing proudly in front of the elegant bar in his saloon, circa 1930s. Bernat's Saloon was located inside the old Crystal Palace Hotel building, which Mr. "Bernat" purchased from Joe and Louis Martinelli in 1923. Notice the slot machine sitting in plain view on the "Mild M&O Cigar" display cabinet, situated between the end of the bar and front window.
Josephine Perme playing the "player" piano, which was located in the same room as the Wurlitzer PianOrchestra.

(Photograph courtesy of Beverly & Roger Phillips)

Josephine Perme playing the piano, which was located in Bernat's Saloon along with the big Wurlitzer PianOrchestra. According to the Perme family, it was a player-piano, although difficult to tell one way or the other from this degraded photograph.
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