Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I tono a Thomas ki a Bragdon kia neke ki California i te tau 1915, i reira ka tiimata a Bragdon ki te whakaako i te California School of Arts and Crafts (CSAC) i Oakland. I neke a Bragdon me tona whanau ki Berkeley mai i St. Louis i te raumati o te tau 1915. I arotahi a Thomas raua ko Bragdon ki te whakaputa i nga ipu uku me nga taera mo te 1915 Panama <unk> Pacific International Exhibition (PPIE)
i San Francisco. He aha te take? I hangaia he kirimana hononga a-waha i te Whiringa-a-rangi 9, 1915 ana i hainatia he kirimana hononga tuhia i te Mei 30, 1917.