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Harrowing images show blood-stained Jackie Kennedy as Lyndon B Johnson is sworn in after JFK assassination

AN extraordinary cache of pictures have shed light on the moment Jackie Kennedy boarded Air Force One shortly after witnessing her husband's murder.

The stunned First Lady is pictured just a few hours after the 46-year-old President was assassinated in Dallas in November 22 in 1963 while travelling with her in a motorcade.

Jackie Kennedy was pictured after her husband's assassinations, with some blood splatters appearing to be visible in this photograph
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Jackie Kennedy was pictured after her husband's assassination, with some blood splatters appearing to be visible in this photographCredit: Cover Images
Archive video from buildup to and assassination of US President John F. Kennedy

The set, which is now being auctioned, was taken at the moment vice-president Johnson was sworn in, with his wife Lady Bird at his side.

The 17 images in the album belonged to White House photographer Cecil W Stoughton.

They begin with vice-president Lyndon B Johnston and others waiting in the small 16 square foot stateroom aboard Air Force One for Jackie to arrive.

Several people can be seen comforting the newly widowed woman, who still has her murdered spouse's blood on the lower half of her clothes.

Frozen in time... the photos show a shocked Jackie Kennedy after she was herded into the President's plane
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Frozen in time... the photos show a shocked Jackie Kennedy after she was ushered into the President's planeCredit: Cover Images
Jackie is seen being comforted by those in the small room aboard the plane
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Jackie is seen being hugged by those in the small room aboard the plane while concerned officials look onCredit: Cover Images
LBJ raises his right hand to be sworn in to take over the slain President
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LBJ raises his right hand to be sworn in and take over from the slain President while the now former First Lady stands by with a fixed stareCredit: Cover Images
Earlier the vice president and other officials are pictured deep in conversation as they await the arrival of Jackie
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Earlier the vice-president and other officials are pictured deep in conversation as they await the arrival of JackieCredit: Cover Images
Johnson had been travelling with his wife Lady Bird in the car behind the Kennedy's
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Johnson had been travelling with his wife Lady Bird in the car behind the Kennedy'sCredit: Cover Images
For the inauguration twenty-seven people squeezed into the tiny stateroom of Air Force One
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For the inauguration 27 people squeezed into the tiny stateroom of Air Force OneCredit: Cover Images
Many must have been struggling with what had just happened as well as the lack of air conditioning aboard the plane
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Many of the people present must have been struggling with the magnitude of what had just happenedCredit: Cover Images

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The set was up for auction on what would have been JFK's 101st birthday
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The album was up for auction on what would have been JFK's 101st birthdayCredit: Cover Images

The set ends with Lady Bird smiling after her husband is inaugurated President, in what could only have been a bittersweet moment.

Only one photo was officially published by Stoughton.

That was the iconic shot capturing LBJ with his right hand raised as Jackie Kennedy gazes on.

There are closer shots on the faces of those aboard, as well as the other individuals in the room, some of whom look straight into Stoughton's camera.

Jackie with JFK at his presidential inauguration a couple of years before in 1961
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Jackie with JFK at his presidential inauguration a couple of years before in 1961Credit: Getty - Contributor

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