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Original envelope read, "Democratic National Convention, 1920." Negative is a portrait of four men standing slightly turned to their lefts. They are all wearing three piece suits and hat and have campaign medals pinned to the lapels of their coats. 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.