Christmas cards, 1941-1967.

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Christmas cards, 1941-1967.

Album of Christmas cards collected by Robert W. Woodruff, Atlanta, GA, dated 1941-1967 (lacking 1950). Consists of reproductions of paintings by Athos Menaboni and his wife, Sara Menaboni, of "Menaboni's birds," 1950. Together with one original pencil drawing.

1 v. (16 leaves) ; 31 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7680588

Princeton University Library

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Woodruff, Robert Winship

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Robert Winship Woodruff (1889-1985), business leader and philanthropist, was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of Ernest and Emily (Winship) Woodruff. He married Nell Hodgson of Athens, Georgia. In 1912, he joined his father's business, Atlantic Ice and Coal Company, serving as the purchasing agent until he joined the White Motor Company. At White Motor, he ascended to vice-president and general manager and when White died in 1929, Woodruff became president of the company. In the meantime his f...

Menaboni, Athos, 1895-1990

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Athos Rodolfo Giorgio Alessandro Menaboni, a scientific ornithological painter, was born 20 October 1895 in Livorno, Italy, and died 18 July 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia. Menaboni, often hailed as a second Audubon, came to the United States (1920) first settling in New York, then Florida, and finally Atlanta where he did decorative painting for the Swan House, a major project of architect Philip Shutze. An exhibition of his work in New York (1940) lead to a commission by Robert Woodruff to paint bir...