The paper accession index went in the 1911 fire. Since then every plate in the Hollis collection answers to a short gate code: hand the reading room a code and the lantern room throws that plate on the wall for you.
Projectionists on the roster may catalogue plates of their own from the lantern room.
| Gate code | Plate |
|---|---|
hollis | Hand-tinted view: the Hollis reading room, 1902 |
limelit | Limelight burner and condensing lens, plate 214 |
dissolv | Biunial dissolving view: harbour at dusk / dawn |
(Those three are display captions only — the plates themselves are still in the drying cabinet.)