Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an ...

The most startling revelation for me in Edward Humes’ “Total Garbage” is the story behind the “Crying Indian Keep America Beautiful” commercial of 1971. Those of a certain age will remember the impact ...

What is the Ad Council? -- Advertising's gift to America -- Smokey Bear : a more complicated character than his image depicts -- The rosie legend and why the Ad Council claimed her -- A keg of ...

Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an ...

Iron Eyes Cody, the "Crying Indian" whose tearful face in 1970s TV commercials became a powerful symbol of the anti-littering campaign, is pictured in this 1986 photo. Since its debut in 1971, an anti ...