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Original envelope read, "Democratic National Convention- 1920." Negative shows a man walking down a set of short stairs holding the hand of a child. The man is wearing a three piece suit and hat and carrying an overcoat over his left arm. The child is wearing a wide hat with a coat belted at the waist that is knee length and a pair of knee high socks. Several other men are walking behind them. 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.