Postcard Proposal

For my postcard project, I am making John Wilkes Booth and Edgar Allan Poe gambling, playing poker in Vegas. I chose to do this because I read the Poe was a gambler and had a lot of gambling debt. On one post card, I will show a view of Poe’s hand and across the table will be sitting John Wilkes Booth. Poe will have a 10 and 7 of hearts. This is because he died on October 7th and the hearts are supposed to represent his story “The Tell Tale Heart”. Next to him he will have beer bottles, since he died a mysterious death that was rumored to be because of alcohol. On the other post card it will be Booth’s hand with Poe sitting across the table. Booth will have two 4’s since he used a .44 caliber gun to shoot Lincoln. Out on the table, the 5 cards will be 4, Ace (which can stand for 1), 4, 6, and 5. This is because Booth shot Lincoln on 4-14-65. Then, to bring it all together, they will be gambling with Pennies and $5 bills since they have Lincoln on them. I intend on finding pictures to scan of a poker table in Vegas, Booth, and Poe. I intend on taking my own pictures of hands holding cards. One for Poe, and one for Booth. I also am going to take a picture of beer bottles and stacks of pennies. I intend on actually scanning in the cards that lay out on the table, pennies, and 5 dollar bills. The interesting thing is that you will need to have both post cards to understand the whole picture. Only with both post cards will you know who is on each side of the table and who actually wins the hand.