1. It advertised as the safest place to keep valuables. An ad in the Dayton Journal boasted the building was "absolutely fire-proof" and had electric light, a "steam heated even temperature piano room" and a "burglar-proof" vault.
2. There were different rooms fordifferent types of material. Pianos, paintings, statuary and expensive mirrors were housed in the art rooms. The rug and fur rooms were "moth proof" and held vacuum cleaning equipment for the carpets and upholstered furniture.
3. Some took their storage seriously. Virginia Kettering rented an entire floor of the building so her furniture would not be stacked.
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