Had a house and woolshed on the Chatham Islands (between 1906 and 1943). His New Zealand address was 70 Puriri St., Christchurch, and his home on the Chatham Islands was called Te Whariki. He married photographer Daisy Felicia Cox in 1908. Died in 1955 aged 75 years [Source: Online historical BDM]
Blyth, Harry George, -1955
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Cows in a paddock on Harry Blyth's farm, Chatham Islands
Date: ca 1910
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-037623-G
Description: Photograph taken by Ernest Guest circa 1910, Chatham Islands. Inscription on the reverse reads: "Harry Blythe". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass plate negative.
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Harry George Blythe and bullocks ploughing a field, Chatham Island
Date: ca 1910
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-037622-G
Description: Photograph taken by Ernest Guest circa 1910, Chatham Islands. Inscription on the reverse reads: "Harry Blythe". Information provided by a researcher on 17 April 2001. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass plate negative.
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Bullocks standing in a stream, Chatham Island
Date: ca 1910
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-037620-G
Description: Photograph taken by Ernest Guest, between circa 1910. Inscription on the reverse reads. Inscription on the reverse reads: "Harry Blythe's team". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass plate negative.
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Blyth, Harry George, -1955: Blyth album of views of the Chatham Islands
Date: [Between 1906 and 1943]
By: Blyth, Harry George, -1955; Graham, Sarah, active 1970s?
Reference: PA1-o-045
Description: Views of the Chatham Islands, with emphasis on the house "Te Whariki" at Tuku, various aspects of wool baling, and wool transportation using a bullock team, and the landscape near Tuku. A number of images show buildings at Waitangi, Chatham Island, including the post office, the Mangoutu Hotel (also known as Odman's Hotel), the courthouse, and Heslop's Hotel. The house "Te Whariki" was built by E. Guest, but seems to be the home of Harry Blyth who appears in a number of the images. Harry Blyth is the collector of the images in the album, and possibly the photographer of some. It is also possible that some photographs were taken by Ernest Guest (photographer and postmaster), and some by Blyth's wife, Daisy Felicia Blyth (nee Cox), who was a photographer in her own right (see Turnbull Library Biographies Index) Title supplied by Library. Some original glass plate negatives at Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957 : Photographs of the Chatham Islands, ATL-Group-00805. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled brown cover, labelled "Photographs", 180 x 255 mm
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Harry Blyth's woolshed, Chatham Islands
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-037616-G
Description: Harry Blyth's (newly constructed?) woolshed, at Tuku, Chatham Islands, made of ponga, with ake ake piles. A group of men, and dogs, are alongside. Photograph taken circa 1910, by either E M C Guest or J J Guest. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Scene with Daisy Blyth, dogs, sheep in front of the Blyth house, on the Chatham Islands
Date: [ca 1910-1920]
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: 1/2-037643-G
Description: Scene in a paddock on the Chatham Islands showing Daisy Blyth, wife of Harry George Blyth, alongside dogs and sheep. The Blyth home, Te Whariki, and trees are in the background. Photograph taken by either E M C Guest or J J Guest circa 1910-1920. Source of descriptive information - Person and location identified by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
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Scene on the coastline at Tuku Bay, Chatham Islands, showing bales of wool
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands
Reference: PAColl-4872-1-10
Description: Scene on the coastline at Tuku Bay, Chatham Islands, circa 1910. H G Blyth and T P McClurg are loading a bale of wool on to a row boat, for transportation to Waitangi and mainland New Zealand. A bullock team are visible on the left. Photograph taken by either E M C Guest or J J Guest. Inscriptions: Verso - H G Blyth & T P McClurg loading wool on Tuku Bay for removal to Waitangi thence to NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).