This is a 1904 photo and an Acrylic, Pen & Ink painting by Bill Hubbard of the Dahlmer Gillnetter, Rough Rider which fished out of Rocky Neck in 1910. Rough Rider was a 39′ gillnetter launched in Manitowoc, Wisc in 1904. She was one of the first gas-powered fishing boats in America. Bill’s great grandfather, Capt. Axel B. Dahlmer purchased her in 1906 and his grandfather, Capt. John A. Dahlmer brought her to Gloucester in 1910 to join the other “Michigan Bears” who introduced gillnetting to Gloucester. Like Captains Albert Arnold, Gerry Shoares and Peter Tysver, they settled in E. Gloucester. The Dahlmers bought the house at 12 Rocky Neck Avenue and fished their boats out of Smith Cove for many years.
The last photo is one I took on New Year’s Day at the Rocky Neck Plunge. It may not be, but it certainly looks like a modified version of Rough Rider.
Check out Bill Hubbard’s paintings at:
http://bill-hubbard.artistwebsites.com
E.J. Lefavour
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Good Morning Gloucester 
Thanks for posting my picture and painting of grandfather Dahlmer’s boat, EJ. About 50 of his descendants will be in Gloucester to celebrate 102 years of Dahlmer history in Gloucester. I’m sure that many of us will join with the Arnold family and Friends of the Phyllis A on the morning of July 7th. to celebrate the restoration of that venerable old gillnetter. Coincidently, our reunion will get underway at noon on the same day – two Michigan families celebrating their Gloucester heritage on the same day.
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