1910's Fashion | "Ford's Highland Park Plant"

Photograph

By: Albert Kahn

Date: 1910 Source: "Ford Motor Company Employees." 1916. Image no. IH161094. Available online at http://pro.corbis.com (accessed May 19, 2003).

About the Architect: Albert Kahn (1869–1942) was born in Rhaunen, Germany. He and his family immigrated to Detroit in 1880. Kahn began working as an architect in Detroit in 1884. In 1902, he started his own firm, and a year later he began working for Packard Automobile Company. In 1909, he was commissioned to design a new auto factory for Henry Ford; Kahn would eventually work on more than 1,000 projects for Ford. Kahn became America's foremost industrial architect, known for his functional designs. He designed some 2,000 factories in the United States and the Soviet Union. Kahn also designed numerous U.S. military installations and nonindustrial structures such as banks, office...