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Original envelope read, "Democratic National Convention- 1920." Negative shows a woman sitting in a chair behind a desk which has writing instruments and a desk blotter sitting on top. There is also a vase with flowers sitting on the desk. The woman is wearing a checkered dress. The 1920 Democratic National Convention was held in San Francisco June 28 at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson. The party pledged ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and supported the League of Nations. The nominee was Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy, for vice-president. The Republican nominee was Warren G. Harding, who went on to win the election.