Caption: "Photograph of the first auction sale of enemy-owned property (tobacco) held at Richmond, Virginia, in 1918. Mr. John R. Taylor, Custodian of Alien Property, was in charge of the sale, with Mr. Joseph Bower, Vice President of the Liberty Bank in NYC, serving as auctioneer. [Note: Image number 11145; photograph taken on May 20, 1918]."

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