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Envelope reads "Mills girls. Madeline Smith, 12-24-16." Negative show a girl wearing a costume or excercise costume consisting of a loose fitting top and bloomer type pants with knee-high socks. She is standing on a lawn with her left arm straight up in the air. Three other girls, dressed the same, are standing in the background. Behind the girls is a building. They are possibly practicing in a class on eurythemics. Eurythemics was a technique developed by Jaques Dalcroze (1903) which encouraged harmonious bodily movements. His system was aimed at controlling the body using a system of gymnastics combined with music. It was meant to train the student to develop an unconscious response to a musical composition and eventually to be able to interpert an entire composition through various gestures. His system influenced the field of musical instruction and ballet.

Used: Oakland Tribune