Political party conventions happen
September 4th, 2012
This photo is from the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. The delegates are wearing Jimmy Carter smile masks.
View more images from political conventions, including illustrations from the humor and satire magazine Puck.
Photo by Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report, from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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