Thurston, Albert G.
Albert G. Thurston (c. 1880 - 1930) was a publisher of maps and directories based in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. The details of Thurston's life are uncertain, partly because several Albert Thurstons lived in the Los Angeles area at the same time. His name appeared in Pasadena city directories (some of which he published) between 1903 and 1929. Thurston published maps and other works under his name, but usually also in conjunction with the Western Map and Publishing Co., which he likely headed. Early in his career, he joined Charles Morris and other partners to form the Morris-Thurston Company, a stationary printer. Thurston looks to have lived and been based in Pasadena but also occasionally appears in records as residing in Los Angeles, where the Western Map and Publishing Co. was based until about 1915. In addition to Los Angeles and Pasadena, Thurston also published maps and directories related to the 'inland empire,' especially Riverside County, and, once it was created in 1907, Imperial County.
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