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File:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg

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English: Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One at Love Field Airport two hours and eight minutes after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dallas, Texas.
  • Left to right:
    • Judge Sarah T. Hughes,
    • Congressman Albert Thomas,
    • First Lady Lady Bird Johnson,
    • Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry,
    • President Lyndon B. Johnson,
    • Congressman Homer Thornberry (in shadow, partially obscured by LBJ),
    • former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy,
    • Congressman Jack Brooks,
Date 22 November 1963
Source http://photolab.lbjlib.utexas.edu/detail.asp?id=18319
Author Cecil W. Stoughton, White House Press Office (WHPO)
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English: Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963

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