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[Sarah T. Hughes portrait]

Description: Photograph of a portrait of Judge Sarah T. Hughes done by Dorothy Barta, held by UNT Special Collections. The portrait is a painting of a woman with short cropped hair wearing a black judges robe and two pearl necklaces, while sitting on a red chair, her arm propped on the chairs arm and her hands propped on a book. Judge Sarah T. Hughes (1896-1985) is best known for swearing in Lyndon B. Johnson, to the U.S. presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. She began her career as a la… more
Date: November 24, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lyndon B. Johnson taking oath of office from Sarah T. Hughes]

Description: Photograph of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the presidential oath of office from U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas, Texas (back to camera), aboard Air Force One at Love Field Airport, two hours and eight minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. More than a dozen people are in the Air Force One cabin, including former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (right of LBJ), imminent First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (left of LBJ), Te… more
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Stoughton, Cecil W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sarah T. Hughes' personal chair]

Description: Photograph of Sarah T. Hughes' personal chair, held by UNT Special Collections. The chair is velvet red with a brown wooden base. Judge Sarah T. Hughes (1896-1985) is best known for swearing in Lyndon B. Johnson, to the U.S. presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. She began her career as a lawyer in Dallas, when she joined her first firm in 1923. During that time she served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, as one of the first females elected after women’s suf… more
Date: November 24, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: J. Von Brown]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: November 6, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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