RARE SNOWDRIFT SHORTENING PAIL WESSON OIL SAN FRANCISCO METAL CAN VINTAGE

Description

This can is in pretty good condition.  Lots of patina build up. Neat history. Thought to be 30s or 40s.
Please see photos for more details.
Wesson was originally a trademark of the Southern Oil Company, named after David Wesson (1861–1934), a food chemist at the firm who, in 1899 developed a novel process for deodorizing cottonseed oil, producing the first commercial all-vegetable
shortenings
from cottonseeds. This new product was marketed as Snowdrift. The
Savannah, Georgia
, factory was erected in 1911 and torn down in 2004.
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citation needed
]
In the 1920s, the vegetable oil division was spun off as the Wesson Oil & Snowdrift Company. In 1960, this firm merged with
Hunt's Foods, Inc
RARE SNOWDRIFT SHORTENING PAIL WESSON OIL SAN FRANCISCO METAL CAN VINTAGE.