Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Ina ua toe foʻi i San Francisco, sa galue o ia o se tusiata ata mo le "The San Francisco Examiner", ma isi nusipepa. Na toe foʻi o ia i Pale i le 1902 ma amata ona aʻoaʻo i vasega i le afiafi i le Académie Julian. E fā sefulu tausaga na nofo ai Pages i Falani, ma e masani ona toe foʻi i San Francisco e valivali ma faaali atu ana galuega. Na ia faaali atu lana galuega i le 1915 i le Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE)
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