The Way We Were: If you want to sell musical instruments, why not try wearing them?

Apparently walking advertisements were a thing long before it ever dawned on someone to climb into hot dog costume to sell red hots. This undated cabinet photo of Mary “Mamie” Naper Webster shows her bodice and skirt adorned with musical instruments and advertisements to publicize S.M. Schaefle, a Naperville store that sold sewing machines and musical merchandise.