Bolster was born in Saratoga Springs in 1913 and exhibited an early interest in photography.
Settle's collection contained negatives by J. S. Wooley, Gustave Lorey, Seneca Ray Stoddard, C.C.
To this Bolster added a large collection he acquired from another photographer, Joe Deuel, plus his own numerous photos of the Saratoga scene.
Bolster died in 1989 and willed his collection to the Saratoga Springs History Museum.
[1][2] George Bolster married Helen Elizabeth Baker (1912–2011) in 1938 in Saratoga Springs.