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Summary

Description

English: Handling serpents at the Pentecostal Church of God. Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky.

Company funds have not been used in this church and it is not on company property. Most of the members are coal miners and their families.

The pastor Eli Sanders, who is standing at the right died from a snake bite suffered during the ritual use of snakes in September 1958

Date

15 September 1946

Source

This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 541335.

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Author



Alternative names	Russell Werner Lee
Description	American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	21 July 1903	28 August 1986
Location of birth/death	Ottawa	Austin
Work period	1936-1943 Farm Security Administration, 1950s/1960s Industrial photography (Standard Oil New Jersey, Aramco, J&L Steel), 1965-1973 University of Texas
Work location	United States of America
Authority file	: Q514628 VIAF: 70498714 ISNI: 0000000078688096 ULAN: 500036938 LCCN: n85306734 NAID: 10570269 WorldCat

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