Arpad Richard (A.R.) Hertzka was a businessman involved in paper importing, first in Thailand from the early 1900s to the late 1910s, then in Shanghai from the early 1920s to 1949. The collection consists of loose photographs, photography books, and postcards collected by Hertzka depicting the scenery and people of Asia during the early 20 th century.

Arpad Richard Hertzka lived in Bangkok, Thailand, from the early 1900s through the end of World War I. He had been placed in an enemy alien camp during the war as he was an Austrian citizen, and was subsequently repatriated to his birthplace of Czechoslovakia.

0.96 linear feet

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