File name shorthand

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HB = Hooks Brothers Collection

20[##] = Year scanned

##[#] = Identifying number for enclosure

= Identifying number per image

p = Print/ephemera/etc.

r = Recto/front

v = Verso/back

FF = Flat file/oversize

GP = Glass plate exclusive boxes

SB = “Shoeboxes”

BB = Banker’s box

M = Miscellaneous/other

The absence of an enclosure type means it’s a binder.

e.g.

HB2024003-0000 = That’s a binder file

HB2025FF02-0000 = That’s a flatfile image

HB2026BB067-0000 = That’s from a banker’s box