In the hilly river town of Bellevue, Kentucky, on January 4, 1900, Rose Ann and Frank Gilbert Hubbard welcomed their third son: William Harlan Hubbard. The boy, who would ultimately prefer to be called Harlan, was sensitive, adventurous, curious, and precocious. He did not fit in easily with his peers, but he enjoyed a close relationship with his two much-older brothers: Frank Lafayette (1887-1985) and Lucien Swingle (1889-1971).

LEFT:
Portrait of Frank Gilbert Hubbard
ca. 1890s
Behringer-Crawford Museum Collection


RIGHT:
Portrait of Rose Ann Swingle
ca. 1880s
Behringer-Crawford Museum Collection

Lucien Swingle and Frank Lafayette as boys
ca. 1890s
Behringer-Crawford Museum Collection