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This was the scene in the cabin of the Presidential airplane in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963, as Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Administering the oath was Judge Sarah T. Hughes.

This was the scene in the cabin of the Presidential airplane in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963, as Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Administering the oath was Judge Sarah T. Hughes.

Image: 6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.2 x 21 cm)
Paper: 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
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The LIFE Magazine Collection, 2005
Accession No. 1914.2005