Local studies collections hold a wealth of historic illustrations, which are gradually being digitised for the internet. However at present only the minority of illustrations have images or even catalogue records available on the web and little indexing of detailed content has been completed. Searches are limited to records for separate images rather than illustrations within books, although some works have been indexed for special projects.
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The main location symbols used in these listings are:
- WSL: Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter
- BAR: Barnstaple Local Studies Library
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Please note that many illustrations are anonymous and do not always have titles. Dates too are often only estimates. Please bear this in mind when searching as it may be more helpful to use the keyword box to locate images on a particular topic.
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Illustrations pages. Many pages on the Devon Local Studies site include images but there are several which are basically a series of images of different types:
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