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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

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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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Russell Lee  (1903–1986)  wikidata:Q514628
 
Russell Lee
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Russell Werner Lee
Description American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 21 July 1903 Edit this at Wikidata 28 August 1986 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ottawa Edit this at Wikidata Austin Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1936-1943 Farm Security Administration, 1950s/1960s Industrial photography (Standard Oil New Jersey, Aramco, J&L Steel), 1965-1973 University of Texas
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creator QS:P170,Q514628
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Eli Sanders handling a snake at the Pentecostal Church of God, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky.

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15 September 1946

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