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English: Bust portrait of Sylvester Kniffin wearing a suit and tie, and facing forward. "S. Kniffin St Louis Mo 1893" (written on the bottom of image). "Genelli" and "923 OLIVE ST. ST. LOUIS, MO." (printed below image).
Title: Sylvester Kniffin, 1st Lieutenant Adjutant, 44th U.S. Colored Troops.
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Source Missouri History Museum
URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/227D303E-1023-9BD8-380A-8A81F19F8F96/original.jpg
Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/158860
Author Genelli, St. Louis
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P0233-2749
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Commandery of the State of MO, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S., Vol. 3 of 4
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Sylvester Kniffin
1st Lieutenant Adjutant
44th U.S. Colored Troops
Portrait
Genelli
Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
soldier
Union
man
veteran
Loyal Legion
African American soldiers
colored troops
vertical
black and white
indoors
bust
suit
tie
mustache
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158860
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227D303E-1023-9BD8-380A-8A81F19F8F96

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