Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Thomas kpọziri Bragdon ka ọ kwaga California na 1915, ebe Bragdon malitere ịkụzi ihe 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 rụkọrọ ọrụ ọnụ n'ịkpụ ite ụrọ na taịl ndị a ga-eji rụọ Ụlọ Nzukọ Alaeze na 1915
Ihe ngosi Panama-Pacific International Exhibition (PPIE) na San Francisco. Emere nkwekọrịta mmekọrịta ọnụ na November 9, 1915 ma bịanye aka na nkwekọrịta mmekọrịta edere ede na May 30, 1917.