Prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914 detachable black or white plumes were worn with the pickehaube in full dress by German generals, staff officers, dragoon regiments, infantry of the Prussian Guard and a number of line infantry regiments as a special distinction.

Prior to this, many nonwhite immigrants with full rights of citizenship in Britain were obliged to take the jobs that no one else wanted ( such as street cleaning, night-shift assembly production lines ), often paid considerably less than their white counterparts.

Prior to August 1981, no great white shark in captivity lived longer than 11 days.

Prior to his association with Disney, Van Horn drew and wrote a black and white comic book called " Nervous Rex " for Blackthorne Publishing.

Prior to 1870, the portion of the Republican valley that now includes Harlan County was a prized hunting ground for the Native Americans ; and the threat of attack deterred white settlement in the area.

Prior to the 1980s when there were no 24-hour news channels competing with Front Page Challenge, each round of the game began with silent black and white newsreel footage of the news story in question while a narrator, not heard by the panelists, summarized it.

Prior to white settlement, various Native Americans called the Ohio country their home.

Prior to this date there had been several negative racial incidents between local white citizens and Vietnamese immigrants.

Prior to colonization by white settlers, the area was inhabited at different times by Potawatomi and Iroquois native people.

Prior to " Moondog ", most R & B music was covered by white artists as most radio stations did not feature African-American artists.

Prior to refit, they had only a forward-facing white light.

Prior to the phylloxera epidemic in the 1880s, wine was grown in Tokaj from various types of mainly white grape varieties.

Prior to 2007, the Galaxy played in various color combinations, usually comprising gold, teal green and white with black accents, and often highlighting an iconic ' sash ' design from the left shoulder and across the chest.

Prior to this, the buses were painted blue and white until 1981, when the colours were changed to caramel and cream.

Prior to the arrival of white settlers, the son of Chief Black Hawk supposedly camped in the vicinity while blazing a trail from Milwaukee to Green Bay.

Prior to 1984, the 5251 monitor predominated-it was US $ 2, 000 and what IBM called " dual color " ( green and white ).

Prior to emancipation, black slaves and Free blacks were members of predominantly white Free Will Baptist congregations in the United States.

* Prior ( brand ), a Norwegian brand of eggs and white meat

* Prior Norge, a defunct Norwegian egg and white meat processing cooperative

Prior to neighborhood desegregation, Oak Cliff was predominantly white.

Prior to this, Rochdale wore black and white stripes, which was influenced by the strong Newcastle United side of 1907 ( the year Rochdale were formed ), the strip which they adopted for their centenary season in 2007.

Prior to the rebranding Leigh RMI playing kits consisted of red and white striped shirts, black shorts and red socks.

Prior to ceding the country to British rule in 1874, the government of Fiji adopted a national flag featuring blue and white vertical stripes, with in the centre a red shield depicting a white dove.

Prior to the arrival of Māori settlers in the 13th century, much of the modern Canterbury region was covered in scrub and beech forests.

Prior to the arrival of European settlers around 1740, Greenbrier County, like most of West Virginia, was used as a hunting grounds by the Shawnee and Cherokee Nations.

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the land that would become Nottoway County was inhabited by American Indians of the Nadowa tribe, an Iroquoian people.

Prior to the arrival of foreign settlers, the area that would later become Kimble County was inhabited by several Native American groups, including the Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, and Lipan Apache.

Prior to the arrival of non-indigenous settlers in the 1830s, the area now known as Tipton County was inhabited by the Miami and Delaware tribes.

Prior to 1860, to reach the available farmland of northwestern Louisiana and southwestern Arkansas, settlers from the Gulf Coast states most often crossed the Mississippi River at Natchez, then came up the Ouachita River.

Prior to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the only persons who came to the area were a few French and Spanish settlers.

Prior to the Spanish conquest of the Americas and the arrival of European settlers from Mexico, the land of the Yucaipa Valley was occupied by the Serrano Indians for possibly 1, 000 years.

Prior to its purchase by English settlers in 1662, the area around Moodus was inhabited by Native American Algonquians, three of which tribes are known: the Wangunks, the Mohegans and the Nehantics.

Prior to the arrival of European settlers in North America, Native American settlements appear to have been limited to the area north of the Indian River, north of what is now Bethany Beach ; even after Europeans pushed the Native Americans — mostly Nanticokes -- out of their coastal settlements in the mid-17th century, the Native Americans moved west to settle around Oak Orchard, Delaware, and in the Millsboro, Delaware, area rather than south toward what would become Bethany Beach.

Prior to the settlers ' establishment, the area was occupied by Native Americans as a hunting area and a burial ground.

Prior to the French Canadian settlers, indigenous peoples known as the Mississippian culture and earlier cultures had been living in the region for more than a thousand years.

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the area was frequented by Native Americans due to its ample fish population.

Prior to arrival of European settlers, the Secatogue tribe of Algonquin native-American people, lived in the area now known as Central Islip.

Prior to the coming of the first settlers in 1736, Newberry Township was inhabited by the Susquehannock Indians.

Prior to the start of the Revolutionary War, the early Quaker settlers became dissatisfied with the quality of the farmland within Newberry Township and began moving out of it.

Prior to the invention of the steamboat, western settlers had no choice but to walk home through the wilderness to reach home.

Prior to the construction of the ward house church was held in the homes of the settlers.

Prior to the arrival of Mormon settlers, this area was inhabited for thousands of years by the Paiute people and their ancestors.

Prior to the arrival of the European settlers in the 1870s, the line of descent for Maori in the area was from the Takitimu / Kurahaupo waka.

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, what is now called Ipswich was home to multiple tribal lands, including the Warpai tribe, Yuggera and Ugarapul Indigenous Australian groups.

Prior to that, English settlers led by Anne Hutchinson ( seeking religious freedom ) settled in an area nearby on the river ( now known as the Hutchinson River ) in 1642.