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Original envelope read, "Democratic National Convention 1920." Negative shows three women and part of a fourth woman sitting side-by-side. All three women are bundled up in coats and gloves. The first woman on the right is wearing a turban styled hat and has her arms folded across her middle. The woman next to her is wearing a fur stoll around her shoulders, gloves and a wide brimmed hat. She also has a medal, possibly a campaign medal, pinned to her coat near her waist. The third woman is wearing a coat with the collar buttoned at her throat. She is wearing a hat with a small brim and is holding a bouquet of flowers in her lap. The fourth woman also appears to be wearing a fur stoll and a wide brimmed hat. These women may be the wives of delegates or delegates themselves or they are their to encourage support for the passage of the 18th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, which was passed by Congress in August of that year. 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.