This collection consists of glass plate negatives and a handful of prints shot mostly in the Bronx, with occasional excursions to Brooklyn, Manhattan, Westchester County, Garrison, and Niagara Falls, N.Y. In addition to extensively photographing his children and extended family, Stonebridge documented the Bronx's parks (Bronx Park, Claremont Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Jerome Park, Crotona Park) and landmarks (such as the Bronx Municipal Building, the Van Cortlandt House, the New York Catholic Protectory, the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless Woody Crest Home, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, and Webb's Academy and Home for Shipbuilders); he also chronicled the daily life of the borough, its clubs, houses, churches, schools, sports, parades, and accidents. Other Bronx locales such as Lohbauer Park, Orchard Beach, City Island, and the Mott Haven Canal are also represented. Further afield he extensively photographed the many bridges over the Harlem River as well as the Brooklyn Bridge, the construction of the Queensboro Bridge, the Hart Island Reformatory for Boys, Speedway, and Coney Island. Historical events captured by Stonebridge's camera include the dedication of Grant's Tomb (1897); the American fleet gathered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (c. 1897-1899); the Dewey Land and Naval parades (1899); the construction of the Bronx Zoo (1899) and the New York Botanical Garden (c. 1900); National Guard intervention in the Croton Dam strike (1900); the opening of the Willis Avenue Bridge (1901); the funeral of General Franz Sigel (1902); the National Sportsmen's Show at Madison Square Garden (1902); the 71st Regiment Armory fire (1902); the Liberty Bell on tour (1903); the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the U.S. Congress' visit to New York (1903); and the grim aftermath of the sinking of the 'General Slocum' (1904). Unusual vehicles like the Stevens airship; Foolkiller, one of a number of craft built to travel over Niagara Falls; and Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht Hohenzollern are also included. Stonebridge's fascination with the military made him a fixture at any event where the New York National Guard was present, including the ceremonies accompanying the Second Battery moving to their new Bronx armory in 1902, 'sham battles' in numerous locations like St. John's College in Brooklyn and Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, and training exercises at Fort Slocum in New Rochelle, Camp Black in Garden City, State Camp in Peekskill, and the Creedmoor Rifle Range in Queens. ; George Ehler Stonebridge (d. 1941) was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York. He left little record of himself, but an invaluable one of his surroundings and interests. Stonebridge lived at several locations in the Bronx with his wife and their three children, Grace, George, and William. He worked at the Northern Gaslight Company, although the position he held is unknown. In addition to taking photographs, Stonebridge wrote poetry and prose about his love of the Bronx, his children, and in honor of military victories. Some of Stonebridge's photographs appeared in local papers. In 1898, he was an authorized reporter and photographer for the North Side News; in 1905 he was an authorized reporter for the Bronx Borough Record and Times, and probably took photographs for that paper as well. Stonebridge was fascinated with the subject of military preparedness. Training rituals and staged battles were one of his favorite photographic subjects. His 1898 poem, 'Rem