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Original envelope read, "Democratic National Convention- 1920." Negative shows a woman sitting at a desk holding a pen in her right hand and writing in a binder lying open on the desk in front of her. She is wearing a dress with a square neckline with beads sewn on along the collar and on the arms. She is also wearing a long necklace and a watch on her left wrist. Her hat has a bow and little beads along the brim. 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.