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Original envelope read, "Democratic National Convention, 1920." Negative is a group portrait of two men standing side-by-side. The man on the right is wearing a stipped suit with the coat buttoned all the way up. He has a medal pinned to the lapel of his coat and he is wearing a straw hat. The man on the left is wearing a three piece suit, eyeglasses and a hat. The men may be delegates to the convention. 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.