This device is a compressive loader which is used to apply compressive loads to full scale support columns.
helios with raynox cloes up lense
Stack of colored poster board at crafts store.
Jack and Lu on right at White Sands, 1953 or so
Luella, Verna and Marge in the background
An upwards shot of the compressive loader
House in El paso, Texas - 1954
why is this thing on the flight with me?