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Original envelope read, "Democratic National Convention- 1920." Negative shows a man and a woman posing together, possibly standing in a railway station. The man, on the left, is wearing a three piece suit and is holding his hat in his right hand. The woman, on the right, is wearing a heavy coat and a large feather trimmed hat and has another piece of clothing thrown over her right arm. 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.