This is a site that I have used for years, but it might be one of the most underutilized sites given the amount of information it holds. It is the entire catalog of the Library of Congress! The best part is that you can view rare film footage they have and their extensive collection of photographs, maps, pamphlets, etc. For example you can browse their collection of photographs from 1920-1930 and type in Alabama, and it will call up every picture they have of Alabama from that time period. This is THE best resource for historical research that I know. I can waste hours on this website.
When reading Auntie Mame (the main character supposedly lives at 3 Beekman Place), I found a photograph of an apartment at 5 Beekman place taken in 1928, the year in which the novel begins: AMAZING!
Get touchy feely with America! Become an obsessive compulsive patriot! Do anything but work!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
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