Regions

    Here are short forms that occur on photographs and the regions they refer to.

Short Form	Meaning	Dates Used
Alta	Alberta, Canada	after 1905 (NWT before)
Ariz	Arizona, USA
B C	British Columbia	colony to 1871, then Canada
Calif	California, USA
C E	Canada East	1841-1867, then Quebec, Canada
Colo	Colorado, USA
Con	Connecticut, USA
C W	Canada West	1841-1867, then Ontario, Canada
Del	Delaware, USA
Fla	Florida, USA
Ill	Illinois, USA
Ind	Indiana, USA
Ken	Kentucky, USA
Man	Manitoba, Canada	from 1870 (Red River Settlement before)
Mass	Massachusetts, USA
Mld	Maryland, USA
Mich	Michigan, USA
Minn	Minnesota, USA
Miss	Mississippi, USA
N B	New Brunswick	colony to 1867, then Canada
N C	North Carolina, USA
N D	North Dakota, USA
Neb	Nebraska, USA
Nev	Nevada, USA
Nfld	Newfoundland	colony to 1949, then Canada
N H	New Hampshire, USA
N M	New Mexico, USA
N S	Nova Scotia	colony to 1867, then Canada
N S W	New South Wales, Australia
N W T	Northwest Territories, Canada	at one time, most of western and northern Canada
N Y	New York (state), USA
Okla	Oklahoma, USA
Ont	Ontario, Canada	after 1867
Ore	Oregon, USA
P E I	Prince Edward Island	colony to 1873, then Canada
Penn	Pennsylvania, USA
PQ	Province de Quebec, Canada	after 1867
Que	Quebec, Canada	after 1867
R I	Rhode Island, USA
Sask	Saskatchewan, Canada	after 1905 (NWT before)
S C	South Carolina, USA
S D	South Dakota, USA
Tenn	Tennessee, USA
Tex	Texas, USA
Vmt	Vermont, USA
Wash	Washington (state), USA
Wash, D C	Washington (city), District of Columbia, USA
W V	West Virginia, USA
Wisc	Wisconsin, USA
Wyo	Wyoming, USA