--- Begin Forwarded Message --- >Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:37:39 -0800 >From: Greg Armento <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: rand mcnally to purchase thomas brothers In today's Orange County Register, 11/13/98 Rand McNally will purchase Thomas Brothers maps of Irvine, CA. They will keep the Thomas Brothers quality brand name for a new and expanded series of similary Thomas Bros-type map books for around the country. Rand McNally's chair Henry J. Feinberg said that their own maps have "not been as intelligent and well-crafted as Thomas Bros." Rand McNally produces most of its local maps on paper, but because Thomas Bros. computerized back in the late 1980s, it can produce many of its maps on paper or disc. Thomas Bros. annual sales are about $30 million, about 1/6 of Rand McNally. -- Greg Armento History and Geography Librarian California State University, Long Beach, 90840-1901 562.985.4367; [log in to unmask] --- End Forwarded Message ---