** = part of my personal collection
* = I saw the image but do not have a copy of it
&c = etcetera
ab = above
acct = account
add = addition
adv = advertisement
agt = agent
AK = Alaska
al = alley
AL = Alabama
ambro = ambrotype
appr = apprentice
AR = Arkansas
assn = association
asst = assistant
av = avenue
Ave = avenue
AZ = Arizona
b = born
b = boards
(B) = Boston
BC = British Columbia
bghs= boarding house
bds = boards
bef = before
bel = below
bet. = between
bey = beyond
bldg = building
blk = block
blvd = boulevard
boul = boulevard
brds = boards
bro = brother
bus = business
busi -= business
bvd = boulevard
(c) = colored
c = colored
c = corner
c't = court
CA = California
ca = circa
cab = cabinet photograph, cabinet card
cap = capital
carte = carte de visite
cdv = carte de visite
C. H. = courthouse
clk = clerk
CO = Colorado
Co. = company
Co. = county
(col'd) = colored
col'd = colored
collr = collector
com = commercial
com = commission
com = commissioner
com'l = commercial
comp = compositer
cor = corner
Ct = court
CT = Connecticut
dag = daguerreotype
Dak. = Dakota Territory
d. artist = daguerreotype artist
dau. = daughter
DC = District of Columbia
DE = Delaware
Dep = deputy
dept = department
Dist = district
do = ditto
dom = domestic
DT = Dakota Territory
dwl = dwell
e = east or east of
EB = East Boston
ED = election district
emig = emigrated
emp = employed
eng = engineer
engr = engraver
EP = East Portland
e s = east side of street
est = estate
exc = excede
exch = exchange
ext = extension
f = female
Fed = federal
FL = Florida
fl = floor
forward = forwarding
forwd = forwarding
fr = from
ft = foot, foot of
GA = Georgia
genl = general
gds = goods
h = home, house
hd = head
HI = Hawaii
Hon = Honorable
hts = heights
IA = Iowa
ID = Idaho
IL = Illinois
IN = Indiana
indp = independent
junc = junction
junct = junction
KS = Kansas
(L) = Lynn
L. I. = Long Island
LA = Louisiana
la = lane
lab = laborer
lithog = lithographer
lithogr = lithographer
m = male
MA = Massachusetts
marr = married
MD - Maryland
mdse = merchandise
ME = Maine
mer = merchant
mfg = manufacturing
mfr = manufacturer
mgr = manager
MI = Michigan
mkr = maker
mldr= molder
MN = Minnesota
mnfg = manufacturing
mnfr = manufacturer
mngr = manager
MO = Missouri
MS = Mississippi
MT = Montana
MT = Montana Territory
n = north of
n = near
Nat = National
nat = naturalized
NC = North Carolina
ND = North Dakota
NE = Nebraska
ne = northeast
n e cor = northeast corner
NH = New Hampshire
NJ = New Jersey
NM = New Mexico
NPA = National Photographers Association
nr = near
ns = north side of
NT = Nevada Territory
NV = Nevada
nw = north west
n.w.c. = northwest corner
n w cor = northwest corner
NY = New York
o c l = outside city limits
occ = occupation
OH = Ohio
op = opposite
opp = opposite
opr = operater
OR = Oregon
ov. = over
PA = Pennsylvania
ph = phone
pk = park
P. O. = post office
pdlr = peddler
photog = photographer
pk = park
pkway = parkway
pl = place
pres = president
prin = principal
prop = proprietor
propr = proprietor
pub = public
pub = publisher
r = rear
r = resides
r = residence
r = rooms
rd = road
ref = reference
ren = renter
res = owner of house
res = residence
res = resides
Rev. = reverend
RI = Rhode Island
rms = rooms
r.m.s. = railway mail service
R.R. = railroad
ry = railway
s = single
s = south
sales = salesman
SC = South Carolina
SD = South Dakota
se = south-east
sec = secretary
[sic] = intended as written
slsmn. = salesman
soc = society
sq = square
ss = south side of street
st = street
sw = south-west
T = territory
tchr. = teacher
tel = telephone
telegr = telegrapher
terr = terrace
Terr = territory
trans = transportation
trav. agt. = traveling agent
Twp = township
treas = treasurer
TX = Texas
US = United States
UT = Utah
w = west
w = white
WA = Washington State
whol = wholesale
wf = wife
WI = Wisconsin
wid = widow
wks = works
ws = west side of street
WT = Washington Territory
WV = West Virginia
WWI = World War I
WY = Wyoming