Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: 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 tahi a Thomas rāua ko Bragdon ki te hanga ipu uku me ngā papa mo te 1915
Ko te Whakaaturanga o Panama-Pacific International (PPIE) i San Francisco. 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.