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ALT Digital Humanities seminar room set up with chairs facing a digital presentation on a large screen, and archive materials displayed on tables on both sides of the room. The title on the screen reads: 'ESRC Festival Making the Analogue Digital'.
ALT Presentation being delivered by Sarah-Jayne Ainsworth, who is pointing at Jack Clemo's handwriting displayed on a large screen.
ALT Visitors and archivists discussing archival items on display and looking a digital touchscreen in the background.
ALT Zoomed in image of a person looking at a document from the Jack Clemo archive, with just their hands and arms showing. A diary of Jack Clemo is visible in the foreground.
ALT Poster with a title in green: 'Making the Analogue Digital'. It features a black and white photograph of Jack Clemo as a young child with his mother on the right. Further text on the poster reads: 'When? Saturday 9th November, 10:30-12:30 Where? Digital Humanties Lab, Streatham Campus. Explore the Jack Clemo archive, handle original documents and find out how digitisation can be used to preserve the past'. A QR code is included on the bottom left with an arrow pointing to it stating 'Free Entry'.
ALT Five Theatre Royal (Exeter) playbills dating from 1891 to 1932
ALT The text reads: HERITAGE OPEN DAYS: Exploring the Archives. Join us at a FREE drop-in session to see and touch some of the rare, unique and exciting items from the University of Exeter Library’s Special Collections! 10:30AM - 1PM Saturday 07 September and Saturday 14 September / Seminar Room A/B / Old Library / University of Exeter / Prince of Wales Road / Exeter EX4 4SB'. On the right are four photographs: one of a map of Devon, one of two people looking at a document, one of a specimen of marine algae, and one of two hands holding a tiny book.
ALT Street plan of Exeter entitled 'The City of Exeter 1835'. In the four corners of the street plan are four illustrations of Exeter landmarks: the Exe Bridge, the Castle, the Cathedral, and the Guildhall. It shows the spread of houses into St Leonard's and St Thomas, and other new developments, including Summerlands on Heavitree Road and Higher Barracks.
ALT Four envelopes addressed to the Lady Abbess of Syon Abbey
ALT A map showing the route from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe in six vertical strips. Decorated in red, blue, green and yellow inks.
ALT A photograph of a group of people looking at a large presentation screen with a slide about using Python
ALT An old black and white photograph of a bridge in Venice which has been layered with colours so it can be viewed through 3D glasses.
ALT Detailed photograph of an old silver coin bearing the engraving of a horse
ALT Partial view of an artwork from the display which shows an abstract image of a cow. Scrawled across the bottom is white handwriting which reads 'cotton lords', 'up Englishmen, up!', and 'cotton tree twice yearly bloom'
ALT A quote from Gary Stringer, head of digital humanities 'This display showcases some of the fascinating research we’ve been involved with, giving you a glimpse of the work that excites us, and will hopefully inspire you to investigate the possibilities of digital approaches to your study and research.'
ALT An old theatre poster from the 1920s. The top reads theatre royal exeter, underneath detailing prices of admission and excursion trains. Below is a picture of a man in his early 20s with a large moustache. Next to the picture writing reads monday october 26th , professor E.K. Crocker's 20 marvellously ... and then the writing disappears.
ALT A close up of what appears to be an ancient silver coin on which the image of a horse has been embossed
ALT A black and white photograph of a bridge in venice which has been altered to have coloured layers so it can be viewed through 3d glasses
ALT A map showing the route from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe in six vertical strips. Decorated in red, blue, green and yellow inks.
