Portrait of Floyd V. Mow, Superintendent for Albert Kahn, undated

Summary

Floyd V. Mow was a superintendent for Albert Kahn Associates, among the most influential industrial architecture firms of the early 20th century. Kahn's airy and well-lit concrete buildings were particularly suited to automobile manufacture. The firm counted Packard, Ford, Hudson, Dodge Brothers and more among its clients. Kahn designed commercial and residential buildings as well.

Floyd V. Mow was a superintendent for Albert Kahn Associates, among the most influential industrial architecture firms of the early 20th century. Kahn's airy and well-lit concrete buildings were particularly suited to automobile manufacture. The firm counted Packard, Ford, Hudson, Dodge Brothers and more among its clients. Kahn designed commercial and residential buildings as well.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1940

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2012.47.1

Credit

From the Collections of the Henry Ford. Gift of the Mow Family.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.500 in

Width: 2.500 in

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