Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Thomas kpọrọ Bragdon ka ọ kwaga California na 1915, ebe Bragdon malitere ịkụzi na California School of Arts and Crafts (CSAC) na Oakland. Bragdon si na St. Louis kpọga ezinụlọ ya na Berkeley n'oge okpomọkụ nke 1915. Thomas na Bragdon gbakọrọ aka rụpụta ite ụrọ na taịlị maka Panama <unk> Pacific International Exhibition (PPIE) nke 1915
na San Francisco. Emere nkwekọrịta mmekọrịta ọnụ na November 9, 1915 ma bịanye aka na nkwekọrịta mmekọrịta edere ede na May 30, 1917.