Curly's portrait back over the fireplace A 1940s drawing survived the Rockwood Lodge fire By Ray Barrington News-Chronicle A charcoal portrait of Curly Lambeau that occupies a unique place in the Green Bay Packers' history has returned to the team, and can be seen by the public. The portrait, rescued from team-owned Rockwood Lodge when it burned to the ground in 1950, was unveiled again Thursday - appropriately, at Curly's Pub in the Lambeau Field Atrium. There, it hangs on a stone fireplace similar to where it hung at Rockwood Lodge. "It couldn't be more appropriate," said Tom Murphy of the Packers Hall of Fame. The hall obtained the portrait from Olive Rose Holzer, wife of longtime Green Bay drugstore owner John Holzer. Murphy said the portrait is believed to be the last surviving artifact from Rockwood after the fire destroyed it in 1950. The charcoal drawing was done by Austin Destache, a staff artist for 35 years with the Green Bay Press-Gazette. It portrays a younger Curly in jersey and pants. It hung over the fireplace at Rockwood Lodge, a retreat the Packers bought and used for training camp from 1946 to 1949. The lodge, located at the current site of Bay Shore Park, was not a successful idea; the stony subsoil made the ground too hard for practices and caused injuries, and the team ended up going back to Green Bay for practices. In January 1950, Rockwood was destroyed in a fire. The portrait, possibly protected by a stone fireplace, suffered water damage which is still visible. "I think that adds character to it," Murphy said. "You really see the history of it right on the page," added Scott Kleckner, director of operations for the restaurant. After the fire, the picture was given to Green Bay attorney Francis Evrard, Lambeau's brother-in-law, who in turn gave the picture to John Holzer. It hung with Holzer's display of Packer memorabilia in his drug store until the store closed in 1981. With her family grown, Olive Rose Holzer, John's wife, donated the drawing to the Hall of Fame, which suggested it might look nice in the pub's dining room. "It's very typical of (Lambeau)," she said of the drawing.