EVB2946473: Men Handling serpents at the Pentecostal Church of God. Snake handling was a test of the worshipper's faith, introduced to Appalachia in the early 20th century by George Went Hensley. Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky. Sept. 15, 1946. Photo by Russell Lee, Lee, Russell (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2936725: Spanish-American women engaged in the yearly re-plastering an adobe house in Adobe, in Chamisal, New Mexico. Adobe homes, made of a combination of sand, soil, straw and water were adopted by the Spanish that settled the area in the 16th century. July 1940 photo by Russell Lee, Lee, Russell (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2935007: African American day laborer picking cotton on the Resettlement Administration's Lake Dick Cooperative Association in Sept. 1938. Member farmers were white, but hired local African Americans for labor during harvest season. September 1938 photo by Russell Lee, Lee, Russell (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934799: Men drinking beer at the bar in Pilottown, Louisiana, in during the Great Depression. Prohibition had ended when Roosevelt signed the 'beer bill' during his First Hundred Days. It was completely repealed with the ratification of the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933. 1938 photo by Russell Lee, Lee, Russell (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934862: Sign of an experimentation station in Louisiana reads 'University of Louisiana and the Department of Agriculture, Cooperating.' New Deal farm programs continued under different names, with modified programs, throughout the 20th century, often in alliances with public universities. October 1938 photo by Russell Lee, Lee, Russell (1903-86) / Bridgeman Images