Prospective buyers examining tobacco samples at the first auction sale of alien owned property in Richmond, VA on May 20, 1918. John M. Taylor, Custodian of Alien Property, and Joseph A. Bower, Vice Pres. of Liberty Bank, New York City, led the auction. 4,000,000 pounds of tobacco were sold at an average price of 26 cents per pound.

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