Prior to 1929 and the Great Depression, a number of businesses flourished in the city.

Prior to 1929, high school students attended Central High School in Paterson, before the Board of Education voted to send students to Ramsey High School in Ramsey instead.

Prior to Mokranjac's era, Serbia's representatives of the romantic period were world-renowned violinist Dragomir Krancevic ( 1847 – 1929 ), pianist Sidonija Ilic, Pianist and composer Jovanka Stojkovic and opera singer Sofija Sedmakov who achieved success performing in opera houses of Germany in the 1890s.

Prior to the 1929 revisions of the Act, poverty and gender shaped the definition of delinquency with class stereotypes mitigating against the persecution of wealthier children.

Prior to 1929, a ferry provided all transportation to and from the island from Port Royal docks to the Recruit Depot docks.

Prior to that, the school was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and competed in the Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference ( 1929 – 61 ) and Volunteer State / Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference ( 1946 – 89 ).

Prior to 1929, this section was owned by the Warwick and Napton Canal company, which amalgamated with several other companies to form the Grand Union Canal.

Prior to 1929 Clonfanlough had its own team affiliated and Shannonbridge had no team.

Prior to 1953, Walt Disney's productions were distributed by Columbia Pictures ( 1929 – 1932 ), United Artists ( 1932 – 1937 ) and RKO Radio Pictures ( 1937 – 1954 ).

Prior to the 1929 reunion of the Church of Scotland, candidates for the ministry in the United Free Church studied at New College, whilst candidates for the old Church of Scotland studied in the Divinity Faculty of the University of Edinburgh.

Prior to the Depression, grade separation projects had been funded by the railroads ' private capital, and neither the North Shore Line nor the paralleling steam-operated Chicago and North Western Railway were in a financial position to undertake such a venture even before the stock market crash in 1929.

Prior to the building of the Coliseum, the team played in Old Gym ( now the Martindale Student Services Center ), a 2, 500-seat gym built in 1929.

Prior to the development of a playoff system in the NFL in 1932, there were four teams who completed seasons undefeated, but with one or more tied games: the 1920 Akron Pros, the 1922 Canton Bulldogs, the 1923 Canton Bulldogs, and the 1929 Green Bay Packers.

Prior to the opening of the Hearnes Center, the Missouri basketball team played its home games at Brewer Fieldhouse, which was built in 1929 and has since been remodeled into a modern recreation center.

Prior to 2003, the Proctors were aided in disciplinary matters by the Oxford University Police ( who wore bowler hats and were generally known as " Bulldogs "); the University Police were a private constabulary with full powers of arrest within the precincts of the University and within four miles ( 6 km ) of any University building.

Prior to joining the Kings, Stoll also played for the Edmonton Oilers, and the American Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs, and Edmonton Roadrunners, as well as the Kootenay Ice and Edmonton Ice in the Western Hockey League.

Prior to 1947 the Indians played most of their games at League Park, and occasionally played weekend games at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

Prior to the mid-20th century, double bass strings were usually made of gut, but since that time, steel strings have largely replaced gut strings, because steel strings hold their pitch better and yield more volume when played with the bow.

Prior to 1990 Saudi Arabia played an important role in restraining the many Islamist groups that received its aid.

Prior to the first act, an induction frames the play as a " kind of history " played in front of a befuddled drunkard named Christopher Sly who is tricked into believing that he is a lord.

Prior to 1995, the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons, beginning in 1928.

Prior to 1985, almost all finals were played in the 2-2-1-1-1 format ( although the 1971 finals between Milwaukee and Baltimore were on an alternate-home basis, some 1950s finals used the 2-3-2 format, and the 1975 Golden State-Washington and 1978 and 1979 Seattle-Washington finals were on a 1-2-2-1-1 basis ).

Prior to the new recording sessions, the band toured Australia and New Zealand ( after a two-show night in Hong Kong ), played concerts in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden and made several television, radio and live concert appearances in the UK.

Prior to the founding of Libre, they had played in one of Palmieri's most experimental salsa bands.

Prior to that, the largest game was played in the Netherlands in April 2005 with of mats.

Prior to the opening of Melching Field, the Hatters played at old Conrad Park on the same site, which also hosted spring training games in the 1940s and 1950s and the DeLand Red Hats, a Florida State League minor league franchise.

Prior to 1971, the Storden High School " Tigers " played in the Red Rocks Conference with other neighboring schools like Westbrook, Jeffers, Sanborn, Lamberton, and Walnut Grove.

Prior to the first game of the 1990 Major League Baseball season, played at Fenway Park, Toni Giamatti threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Prior to the 1923 Wembley stadium, international football games had been played by England at various different stadia.

Prior to the album's release, the band played festival and headline dates, and supported The Who in Europe through summer 2007, with a US headline tour to follow.

Prior to the revamping in 2008, the games played for the car were similar to the pricing games seen on The Price Is Right, but were based on luck rather than having the contestant guess the actual price of the car.

Prior to this, Collura had played in his own band who'd toured with The Ataris.

Prior to joining Maranatha, Sprouse led a secular incarnation of The Road Home which played extensively in Orange County, CA.

Prior to playing in Stabbing Westward, Andy had not only played drums in The The, Nine Inch Nails, and Prick, but had been the singer and songwriter in the Cleveland based Exotic Birds.

Prior to his departure, Johnson played on all but two of the new album's tracks.

Prior to moving to Hollywood, she played the young Estella in David Lean's version of Great Expectations ( 1946 ) and Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet ( 1948 ), for which she received her first Oscar nomination.

Prior to the release of their fourth album, Shpongle played a sold out live concert at The Roundhouse venue in Chalk Farm, North London on 31 October 2008.

Prior to the 1924 season, the NFL ordered the Toledo Maroons, based in Toledo, Ohio, to either transfer or suspend operations.

Prior to joining the NFL, the Maroons played in the unofficial " Ohio League " from 1902 until 1921.

Prior to the 1917-18 NHL season, an exhibition game was played on 15 December, between the Montreal Maroons and the Montreal Wanderers.

Prior to the start of this hockey season, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association folded and two of its teams, the Vancouver Maroons and Victoria Cougars, joined the Western Canada Hockey League.