A Rock Springs Snapshot

A man stands in front of a vintage vehicle on a street in a suit. text reads: 'Jack Taucher, a Union Pacific Coal Company Pit Loader at No. 8 Mine in Rock Springs with his UPCC Grand Prize Safety Award for the last 6 months of 1940. A brand new Chevrolet Master Deluxe sedan. According to an April, 1941 article, Taucher, 53 years old at the time, 'has never owned a car before and has never driven one, but he says he is really going to enjoy this one.' The article went on to say Taucher was 'married with two children, Fred and Katherine.''