Michigan Post Office Murals Project

Paw Paw: Introduction

Carlos Lopez, Bounty, 1940. Fresco. 9 ft. x 13 ft. 6 in. Paw Paw, Michigan. Photo by Rosa Glaessner Novak. Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.

Bounty is a fresco mural created by Carlos Lopez of Royal Oak, Michigan for the lobby of the Paw Paw post office. The Section invited Lopez to submit designs for the mural in August 1939, he signed a contract for the $850 commission in November, and he completed the painting of Paw Paw’s produce and its townspeople at work and at play in September of 1940. Lopez’s work can still be seen in its original post office location at 125 N. Kalamazoo St.

This entry was written and photographed by Rosa Glaessner Novak.