Property Taken Over by Alien Property Custodian Sold at Auction
9/24/1918
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The Office of Alien Property Custodian was a Government office that President Woodrow Wilson created by executive order under the authority of the Trading with the Enemy Act. Its purpose was to assume control and dispose of enemy-owned property in the United States.
The original caption for this description reads: Property taken over by Alien Property Custodian sold at auction. The plant of A.W. Faber Pencil Co., Newark, N.J. was sold by Public Auction by order of A. Michel [sic] Palmer, Alien Property Custodian. View of the auction. The plant valued at $225,000, was sold for $145,000
The original caption for this description reads: Property taken over by Alien Property Custodian sold at auction. The plant of A.W. Faber Pencil Co., Newark, N.J. was sold by Public Auction by order of A. Michel [sic] Palmer, Alien Property Custodian. View of the auction. The plant valued at $225,000, was sold for $145,000
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier: 17342823
Full Citation: Photograph 165-WW-25B-4; Alien Property Custodian - Sale of Property - Property taken over by Alien Property Custodian sold at auction. The plant of A.W. Faber Pencil Co., Newark, N.J. was sold by Public Auction by order of A. Mitchel Palmer, Alien Property Custodian. View o; 9/24/1918; Alien Property Custodian - Sale of Property; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/alien-property-taken, January 13, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
