My dad's old sign

When my dad was a young man in the 1930s, he worked for a time for the Federal Land Bank.

The Federal Land Bank is a system of banks that was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 to aid farmers in rural communities. In the 2000s, the 12 banks that comprised the Federal Land Bank merged into what's called the Farm Credit System today. It was an important financial aid for farmers in the Great Depression.

The building where his office was situated from the '30s until 1956 has recently been renovated after it was discovered that there was an elaborate and historic opera house on the top floor that was boarded up and abandoned for 100 years. (Dad's office was on the second floor.) The renovation revealed several artifacts including this sign which had to come from my dad's office.