Papers of John Daniel Kraus > Photographs, Moving Images, and Audio Series > Photographs Unit

Grote Reber lecturing at Ohio State University, 1988

Start Date: 1988-02

Grote Reber and Arthur C. Clarke, 1969

Start Date: 1969

Ohio State University 96 helix array

Description: By 1954 the array had been expanded from the original 12 to 96 helixes.

Start Date: circa 1954

Kraus Corner Reflector

Description: Kraus (W8JK) and the first corner reflector antenna; operating at 5 meters wavelength, it could be rotated for pattern measurements

Start Date: 1938

Kraus and colleagues

Description: l.-r. George W. Swenson, Jr., John D. Kraus, Warren F. Perger, Ronald J. Marhefka, Benedikt A. Munk

Start Date: 2000-08

Big Ear aerial

Description: Big Ear after last sections added to ends of flat reflector

Start Date: circa 1970

Big Ear 1 cm Model

Description: Robert T. Nash and John D. Kraus with scale model of Big Ear

Start Date: circa 1957-1958

John D. Kraus in cart, walking the dogs

Description: Photo was taken on Kraus' last outing before his death on 7/18/2004.

Start Date: 2004-06-25

John D. Kraus making presentation at IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society meeting

Description: Presentation at ceremony honoring Kraus with the Distinguished Achievement Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

Start Date: 2003-06-25

John D. Kraus holding compact antenna manufactured in South Africa using one of Kraus' designs

Description: Inscription on the antenna: "To John Kraus: A Broadside Grid Array for S-band Telecommunications, from Dirk Baker and the Antenna Department at Avitronics." Handwritten note by Kraus on antenna: "signal point 50 ohm feed 18.5 dbi gain."

Start Date: 2003-02-22

John D. Kraus

Start Date: 2003-02-21

John D. Kraus with German shepherd Ursula

Start Date: 2002

John and Alice Kraus

Description: John D. Kraus thanks Alice N. Kraus (seated) at ceremony to place historical marker at site of Big Ear; Philip E. Barnhart is at the podium

Start Date: 2000-11-05

John D. Kraus speaking at ceremony to place historical marker at site of Big Ear

Description: Philip E. Barnhart is at the podium.

Start Date: 2000-11-05

Big Ear demolition

Start Date: 1998-04-04

John D. Kraus and Alice N. Kraus in kitchen

Start Date: 1997-05

John D. Kraus and Alice N. Kraus

Start Date: 1997-04

John D. Kraus with helical antenna

Start Date: 1997-04

John D. Kraus and Chen-To Tai

Description: Chen-To Tai was a close friend and colleague of John D. Kraus. The photo was taken at Kraus' home, 1854 Home Rd. The Tais lived at 1155 Home Rd.

Start Date: 1993-05-05

Large homemade dish for W8JK

John D. Kraus

Start Date: circa 1980-1984

Plaque presented to John D. Kraus at his retirement by the Ohio State student chapter of the IEEE

Start Date: 1980-06-10

H.C. Ko and John D. Kraus at Kraus' Ohio State retirement luncheon

Start Date: 1980-06-10

John D. Kraus

Description: Photo used for first edition of Big Ear

Start Date: 1976-04

John D. Kraus in Ohio State classroom, helical antenna on wall in background

Start Date: circa 1970

John D. Kraus on the roof of 1854 with antenna

Start Date: circa 1970

Big Ear: last section of flat reflector going up

Start Date: 1969

Alice N. Kraus, John D. Kraus

Start Date: circa 1968

Alice N. Kraus

Start Date: circa 1968

Postcard of Big Ear, signed by Appolo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong

Big Ear: rear end of feed

John D. Kraus at the center of Big Ear

Start Date: circa 1968

John D. Kraus beside Big Ear reflector

Start Date: circa 1968

John D. Kraus cutting wood

Start Date: Summer 1965

T.K. Menon and John D. Kraus

Start Date: 1963

Aerial view of Big Ear

Start Date: 1963

Big Ear Group

Description: L-r: T.K. Menon, Grote Reber, John D. Kraus, Robert T. Nash at Big Ear construction site. Photo taken when Reber was in Columbus to receive his honorary doctorate from Ohio State.

Start Date: 1962-08

Grote Reber at Big Ear

Description: Grote Reber in front of John Kraus' Big Ear telescope at Ohio State University. Photo taken when Reber was in Columbus to receive his honorary doctorate from Ohio State.

Start Date: 1962-08

John D. Kraus and Grote Reber

Start Date: 1962-06

Big Ear: parabola and ground plane

Start Date: 1961

Big Ear: flat reflector and ground plane

Start Date: 1961

Big Ear antenna under construction, 1961

Start Date: 1961-09

Big Ear receiver house foundation

Start Date: 1960

Earth movers leveling the ground plane for Big Ear

Start Date: 1960

Big Ear's flat reflector

Start Date: 1960

John D. Kraus beside Big Ear reflector, before ground plane construction

Start Date: circa 1959-1960

Big Ear construction: raising a parabola section

Start Date: 1958

Big Ear antenna under construction, 1958

Start Date: 1958

Kraus and Ramsdell Family

Description: L-r, back row: Lucy Ramsdell, Edward Ramsdell, John Kraus Jr; front row: Nelson Kraus, Janet Ramsdell, Alice N. Kraus

Start Date: 1957-08

Kraus Family

Description: L-r: John Kraus Jr, John D. Kraus, Edward H. Kraus, Nelson Kraus, at 2069 Lane Rd, Columbus OH

Start Date: 1957-08

John D. Kraus and Erik Hallen, at Boulder CO URSI meeting

Start Date: 1957-08

John Kraus Jr, Nelson Kraus, John D. Kraus, in Estes Park CO

Start Date: 1957

John D. Kraus at receiver for 96 helix array on Kinnear Rd.

Start Date: 1956

John D. Kraus at 2069 Lane Rd, Columbus OH

Start Date: 1955-09

John D. Kraus in pool at 2069 Lane Rd, Columbus OH

Start Date: 1955-08

John D. Kraus with lambs

Start Date: 1954-03

Ohio State University helix array

Start Date: 1952-08-04

Receiver for helix array

Start Date: 1952-08-04

Underside of helix array, Ohio State University

Start Date: 1952-08-04

48 helix array, Ohio State University, Kinnear Rd.

Description: Construction underway, poles in place.

Start Date: 1952

Kraus Family, 1951

Description: L-r, back: Harry Nelson, Amanda Nelson, Alice Nelson Kraus, Lena Kraus, Edward H. Kraus; front: John Kraus Jr, Nelson Kraus

Start Date: Summer 1951

Kraus Family, 1949

Description: L-r: Alice N. Kraus, John Kraus Jr, Nelson Kraus, John D. Kraus. In the driveway at 2069 Lane Rd, Columbus OH.

Start Date: 1949

Kraus Family, 1949

Description: L-r: John Kraus Jr, John D. Kraus, Edward H. Kraus, Nelson Kraus, at Base Lake MI

Start Date: circa 1949

John D. Kraus

Start Date: 1948

John D. Kraus on the bridge of a boat in Boston Harbor

Start Date: circa 1944

John D. Kraus adjusting 3-band rotary beam antenna for W8JK

Start Date: circa 1939

Physicists

Description: Left to right: Samuel Goudsmit, Clarence Yoakum, Werner Heisenberg, Enrico Fermi, John D. Kraus. Photo taken at home of Edward H. Kraus, Ann Arbor MI

Start Date: 1939-07-23

Alice Nelson on stump, New London NH area after hurricane

Start Date: 1939-06

John D. Kraus at W8JK ham radio controls with Carroll Stegall watching

Start Date: Spring 1939

Ham radio group

Description: John D. Kraus at lower left, Carroll Stegall using pygmy spear as pointer

Start Date: Spring 1939

John D. Kraus wearing ham radio earphones

Start Date: circa 1939

Lowering antenna for W8JK, 1155 Arlington Blvd., Ann Arbor MI

Description: John D. Kraus on far right with Jock, the dog; three men at left unidentified

Start Date: 1938-11-19

Lowering single section, 14 Mc flat-top beam antenna

Description: Ladder in place and lowering guy lines affixed, 1155 Arlington Blvd, Ann Arbor MI

Start Date: 1938-11-19

Carroll Stegall (ON4CSL) in the Belgian Congo

Start Date: circa 1933-1936

Alice Nelson

Start Date: 1936

Alice Nelson reading in her Colby Junior College [New London, NH] resident faculty room

Start Date: 1936

Alice Nelson

Start Date: circa 1936

John D. Kraus' W8JK ham radio setup

Start Date: circa 1936

John D. Kraus with instrument box

Start Date: circa 1935

Capt. Degariapei and Edward H. Kraus on a steamer in the St. Lawrence River

Start Date: 1935

John D. Kraus and Jock

Start Date: 1934-01-31

John D. Kraus PhD diploma, University of Michigan

Start Date: 1933-06

Edward H. Kraus and John Daniel Kraus

Start Date: circa 1933

PhD research team with Studebaker

Description: L-r: Henry Muyskens, Karl Martin [?], John D. Kraus

Start Date: circa 1932

Aerial view of Kraus home at 1155 Arlington Blvd, Ann Arbor MI

Start Date: circa 1930-1932

Kraus home on Church St., Ann Arbor MI, with ham radio antenna between chimneys

Start Date: circa 1928-1930

John D. Kraus at Sylvan Lake MI

Start Date: circa 1928

John D. Kraus, high school graduation

Start Date: 1926

Edward H. Kraus (center) at the Stassfurt, Germany, salt deposit mine

Start Date: 1926-02-26

John D. Kraus at 6 months

Start Date: circa 1910-12

John Erhard Kraus family

Description: John Erhard Kraus family photo, taken in the late 1880s. Edward H. Kraus, John D. Kraus' father, is the boy; the girl, Anna, died of typhoid shortly after the photo was taken.

Start Date: 1885-1889

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