Laravel, angularJS, JWT, and private images

I want to build a system with Laravel + angularJS.

I read I should use JWT auth http://ift.tt/1HfKA3v

But I need to use private images as well, I read the following solution: How to protect image from public view in Laravel 5?

But this solution is not JWT - AFAIK JWT will not work since the browser fetch images as a GET request.

My question is: Is it possible that upon login, Laravel will both:

• return a JWT token
• Set a cookie for using a protected Image controller (like in the above solution)

If not than what is the standard solution in such case?

via Chebli Mohamed