A photograph of Louisiana, also known as Louisa, Taylor and a young Helen Stites around 1879. The handwriting on the back says that Louisiana's father was Native American. Louisiana is referred to as "mammy." Helen Stites is a descendent of Mildred Ann Fry, who recieved Louisiana as a "present" for her seventh birthday, when Louisiana was five days old. Mildred would later marry William Christian Bullitt.