Rubber Bands on my front brakes?

While doing front end work I noticed an odd thing: rubber bands hanging off the caliber! They are actually caught under the bolt on brackets so its not road garbage. Had the car a few years and haven’t had any brake work done since buying the car (74 Valiant).
Why would someone intentially place the there?

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