By August 1941, with the threat of American involvement in World War II looming, Fortune magazine editors proposed a series of patriotic posters.

From collecting postcards, Mr. Lauder branched into American patriotic posters during World War II.

In editorial cartoons and patriotic posters, Brother Jonathan was usually depicted as a typical American revolutionary, with tri-cornered hat and long military jacket.

Featuring a replica storefront and a small theater showing film from the World War II period, the home front exhibit is decorated with patriotic posters, aircraft-identification models, and personal items.

Other items were also printed, such as patriotic posters or fake German administration posters, ordering the Germans to evacuate Poland or telling Poles to register household cats.

During World War I, he produced patriotic posters for the publicity department of the Navy.

The only alteration to his routine this year was the addition of a large American flag - to go with his usual Union Jack and Irish national flag - and some patriotic posters.

He also would paint patriotic posters for the US Navy and US Marine Corps.

During the First World War, he drew patriotic posters and postcards, for which he was put under house arrest under the German occupation of France during World War II.

The 65-year-old artist, whose work has been synonymous with pop culture since the 1960's, said he wanted to do something for the victims' families and so has created a series of patriotic posters to raise money for funds benefiting them.