Image showing a warehouse in Richmond, VA during World War One. The photograph captures a first auction sale of alien owned property, specifically 4,000,000 pounds of tobacco stored in hogheads. John M. Taylor, Custodian of Alien Property, oversaw the sale, and Joseph A. Bower from the Liberty Bank of New York City acted as the auctioneer.

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