Are Thomas Brothers maps still in business?

Thomas Guide atlases are sometimes referred to as a Thomas Brothers (for Thomas Bros. Maps).

Do they still make Thomas Guide maps?

Only the L.A./Orange County and San Diego/Imperial counties guides are still produced today, but Thomas is expecting good sales.

What happened to Thomas Brothers Guide?

In 1955, George Coupland Thomas died with no heirs, leaving the company to his widow. That’s when the company was bought by its attorney, Warren Wilson, and his business partner. The map company continued to grow in the 40 years under Wilson. In the 1970’s, he bought out the whole company and moved it to Irvine.

What was the name of the map book?

An atlas is a book or collection of maps.

Who is Thomas Bros Maps?

During the big California home development boom of the late 1970s Wilson moved the company to a newly built state-of-the-art designed building in the industrial park area of Irvine, California, in early 1980. For 40 years Wilson served as CEO and owner of Thomas Bros. Maps and was responsible for leading the company into the digital age.

Where can I buy Thomas Bros products online?

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Where can I buy a Thomas map book?

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What is Thomas brothers known for?

The company had large data contracts in the 1990s with the California CHP, large utilities, and many area cities and counties. The Thomas Brothers map database had a monopoly in the 1990s, since they had the best street address indexes in them, making them very good for address matching for businesses.