This is an early tin can for pure lard from the Burdorf Family Sanitary Market in Red Bud, Illinois, 1920. The Burgdorf Market was a butcher shop located in downtown Red Bud in the early 1900’s. The can is a brilliant gold color and features a tulip in the center of the design along with the description indicating the lard was “kettle rendered”. This can has a handle and is larger than most lard cans of the era. It was possibly sold to an institutional buyer such as a restaurant of the time period which would have needed a large quantity of their product. The Burgdorf family ran their market for many years but the business closed in the 1940’s.
