Beazell-Kaske FDC 1930-S Question

Most of the Beazell photographic covers from the early 1930s that I have seen are either addressed to Beazell or Crosby. However, I have one that is addressed to F. L. Kaske, National Museum, Washington, D.C. Who was Mr. Kaske?

Fred was a skilled workman at the Smithsonian.

"During the first half of the year the following were granted fur-
loughs to enable them to render military or naval service to the
country: W. M. N. Watkins, assistant curator of wood technology;
E. J. Weiskoff, electrician ; Fred Kaske, skilled laborer ; William F.
Best, watchman, and Charles Dishman and Alfred Frazier, laborers.

"The following, upon completion of military or naval duty, re-
turned during the year to their positions in the Museum: Neil M.
Judd, E. J. Weiskoflf, Fred Kaske, Louis Goldberg, William F. Best,
B. E. Boper, Alfred Frazier, Bernard I. Jackson, J. B. Baldel,
Boland Wells, and Charles Dishman. The last four, however, soon
severed their connection here for more remunerative employment
elsewhere."

https://archive.org/stream/reportus...oog_djvu.txt

My only addition to the above is that I have a membership to ancestry.com, and I found a Frederick Louis Kaske, born 5 Mar 1882, died 15 Nov 1961 in DC. Some DC city directories of the early 1930's list him as an aid with the National Museum.

He appears also to have fought in both the Spanish American War and the Great War.

His wife: http://us-census.mooseroots.com/l/1.../Sarah-Kaske

This one for sale from http://www.regencystamps.com/usa__7...t351453.aspx

thanks for the responses

KGB: I have been following these Beazell covers for a number of years. Because of the method of production (photographic paper), you can actually identify each cover as unique by the smudging of the lines and dial or the placement of the lines on the stamps.

Glenn, do you know if the whole envelope is made of photographic paper?

KGB:

Beazell is well known to have made many of his covers (both FDC and event) completely from stiff photographic paper. I don't believe there has ever been a complete listing of all his works. That's how prolific he was. Here's the link to the Beazells in my 716 (1932 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games) Beazell FDCs: http://glennestus.com/LakePlacid/LP...Beazell.html

Search for "Beazell" on ebay to get a good feel for his covers.

In my LP 1932 Exhibit, I have all the cachets with machine cancels and a couple of hand cancels. My goal is to have a complete set with both machine and hand cancels.