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Born: <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h">1887

'''Died''': <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h">1975

Married: Bella Harris (1888-1955)

'''Children''': Jane Santway Cook

'''Alfred W. Santway'''<span> grew up on a farm in the <span>northwestern<span> <span>part<span> <span>of<span> <span>the <span>Adirondack<span> <span>North<span> <span>Country <span>region.<span> <span>H<span>e<span> <span>attended classes at the Potsdam <span>State Normal School in 1905, and then at the University of Michigan where he studied Chemistry.  But he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in his final year, and went to the [[Adirondack%20Cottage%20Sanitarium|Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium]] for treatment circa 1911.  Recovered after a year, he then <span>moved to Watertown,<span> he bought a print shop and started working in<span> photography, print<span>ing and advertis<span>ing, <span>specializing in print<span>ed material for the resort indus<span>try. His printing company, The <span>Kamargo<span> <span>Press,<span> <span>Inc., <span>developed<span> <span>a<span> <span>color-printing<span> process and later worked in plastic molding.

He wrote ''<span class="a-size-extra-large">A Brief Sketch of the Life of John Brown, The Martyr-Emancipator''<span class="a-size-large a-color-secondary">, self-published, January 1, 1934 
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''Tupper Lake Free Press and Herald'', July 18, 1957

<span>…Mr.<span> <span>Santway<span> <span>operated<span> <span>for 25 <span>years the Kamargo Press at Watertown,<span> <span>and in recent years has <span>distributed<span> <span>souvenir<span> <span>booklets <span>throughout<span> <span>northern<span> <span>New York, <span>New England, and Florida. He is <span>a graduate<span> <span>of the University of <span>Michigan, is a member and former <span>secretary<span> <span>of the Rotary<span> <span>club in <span>Watertown,<span> <span>the Lincoln<span> <span>League <span>and<span> <span>a<span> <span>former<span> <span>secretary<span> <span>of the <span>Watertown<span> <span>Businessmen's<span style=""> <span>asso<span>ciation.
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Some of his photographs appear on these pages:
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[[Hotel%20Saranac|Hotel Saranac]]
* [[Ice%20Palace|Ice Palace]]
* [[Lake%20Clear%20Inn|Lake Clear Inn]]
* [[Lake%20Flower|Lake Flower]]
* [[Mount%20Baker|Mount Baker]]
* [[New%20York%20State%20Hospital%20at%20Ray%20Brook|Ray Brook Hospital]]
* [[Riverside%20Inn|Riverside Inn]]