Vintage Cudahy Rex Lard Tin

Who doesn't need a giant 8# tin of Lard for their kitchen! This vintage tin has normal wear and is in good used condition.

A little history:

During the 1930s and 40s, the Omaha-based Cudahy Packing Company was among the so-called “big four” of meatpackers, including Armour, Swift, and Wilson.

Cudahy operated a large packing plant in South Omaha that produced hams, bacon, lard, beef, and lamb, eventually becoming the “biggest employer of Negro labor” in the city.

By the 1930s, Omaha had the largest population of African Americans among Western cities, second only to Los Angeles.

In 1930, the company organized an all-Black basketball team comprised of its own African American employees known as Cudahy Rex, named after the company’s popular brand of cooking lard.