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

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John D. Kraus at 2 years
Start Date: 1912

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 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
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

John D. Kraus
Start Date: circa 1980-1984

John D. Kraus
Description: Photo used for first edition of Big Ear
Start Date: 1976-04

Alice N. Kraus, John D. Kraus
Start Date: circa 1968

Alice N. Kraus
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's flat reflector
Start Date: 1960

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 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

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

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

Ham radio group
Description: John D. Kraus at lower left, Carroll Stegall using pygmy spear as pointer
Start Date: Spring 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
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

John D. Kraus and Jock
Start Date: 1934-01-31

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

John D. Kraus at Sylvan Lake MI
Start Date: circa 1928

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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