Olaf Andersen Lee was born out of wedlock in Brandbu January 1887. His parents were farmer Anders Olsen Dælen and Anne Andersdatter (born 1861). In 1907 he immigrated to stay with one of his mothers' brother. The pictures show that he lived in North Dakota and worked on farms. He returned to Norway after 7 or 8 years and married Marie Andersdatter (Mari Lee) in Tingelstad church November 1915. He worked as a postman in Moen in Brandbu. Olaf A. Lee and his wife had no children. Lee died in 1969 at Jaren in Gran.
Svigersønnen Harald Haug har tatt vare på ca. 50 glassplater og over 100 kopier. Disse har Hadeland Folkemuseum fått i gave i 1987. De fleste av bildene er fra distriktet i mellomkrigstida. Fra 1907 og noen år framover bodde Olaf Lee i Amerika, og noen av bildene er derfra.
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