I tēnei wā, i kitea a Bitter e Richard Morris Hunt, te kaihoahoa i whiriwhiria e te tokomaha o nga tangata whai rawa, rongonui hoki o New York. Mai i taua wā, kaore a Bitter i kore mahi. Whai muri i tana mahi hei kaiwhakairo i te Whakaaturanga o te Ao o Columbian i Chicago i te tau 1893 me te kaiwhakahaere i te Pan-American Exposition i Buffalo, New York i te tau 1901, ko nga pukenga whakahaere whakaharahara a Bitter i arahi ia kia tohua hei upoko o nga kaupapa whakairo i nga 1904 St. Louis Exposition
I St. Louis, Missouri, i whakangungu ai a Lee Lawrie me tana kaiarahi, me te 1915 Panama <unk> Pacific International Exposition i tu ki San Francisco, California. I te tau 1906/1907, ko ia te tumuaki o te National Sculpture Society.