Until the early 1950s Budweiser was primarily distributed in three packages: kegs, 12-ounce bottles and quart bottles.

Until the 1930s, the Finnish economy was predominantly agrarian, and, as late as in the 1950s, more than half the population and 40 percent of output were still in the primary sector.

Until the 1950s, logical positivism was the leading school in the philosophy of science.

Until the 1950s, they were only found in the Italian communities.

Until the early 1950s Auger transitions were considered nuisance effects by spectroscopists, not containing much relevant material information, but studied so as to explain anomalies in x-ray spectroscopy data.

Until the 1950s, ramen was called shina soba ( 支那そば, literally " Chinese soba ") but today chūka soba ( 中華そば, also meaning " Chinese soba ") or just Ramen ( ラーメン ) are more common, as the word " 支那 " ( shina, meaning " China ") acquired a pejorative connotation.

Until the 1950s, the cross-country race was held first, followed by the ski jumping.

Until the late 1950s, YMCAs in the United States were built with hotel-like rooms called residences or dormitories ; These rooms were built with the young men in mind coming from rural America and many foreign born young men arriving to the new cities.

Until the introduction of amber coloured Whitbread Gold Label in the 1950s, British barley wines were always dark in colour.

Until the 1950s, Ismailis from India and Pakistan performed the prayer the language of the local Jamaat.

Until the 1950s, Carpentersville consisted of a street grid along the Fox River centered around Main Street, which was the only highway bridge across the Fox River between Algonquin and Dundee.

Until the early 1950s, the line carried the famous " Red Rocket " streetcars which were two and three car trains of wooden trolleys.

Until completion of the old high school ( which is currently the middle school ) in the 1950s, this building housed all students in K-12.

Until the 1950s, coal industries would be the area's primary economic activitiy, served by the Washington Run branch of the P & LE Railroad that continued on to Star Junction, Pennsylvania.

Until the 1950s, Batman was a village called Iluh with a population of about 3, 000.

Until the 1950s, Batman was a village of some 3, 000 people ; it was called Iluh and belonged to the Siirt Province.

Until the early 1950s, defibrillation of the heart was possible only when the chest cavity was open during surgery.

Until the 1950s guns firing ballistic munitions were the standard weapon ; guided missiles then became dominant, except at the very shortest ranges.

Until the 1950s, plows and other tillage equipment usually were connected to the tractor via a drawbar, or a proprietary connecting system.

" Until the 1950s, the gardens were primarily used for vegetable production, since then there has been a shift to recreational use.

Until the 1950s, most wore the Russian kasket ; now most wear a black fedora.

Until the late 19th century, first-angle projection was the norm in North America as well as Europe ; but circa the 1890s, the meme of third-angle projection spread throughout the North American engineering and manufacturing communities to the point of becoming a widely followed convention, and it was an ASA standard by the 1950s.

Until the 1950s the base of the tree under which this transaction allegedly took place was still to be seen, surrounded by a large iron fence, but as it rotted it was finally removed and a boulder ( Shorakkopoch Rock ) and plaque replaced it.

Until the 1950s, transatlantic liners would disembark passengers who wished to catch a fast train to London rather than spend another day on board going up the Channel.

Until the Cuban fiasco and the Communist military victories in Laos, almost any observer would have said that President Kennedy had blended a program that respected, generally, the opinions voiced both by Mr. Nixon and the professors.

Until the council of Trent every bishop had full power to regulate the Breviary of his own diocese ; and this was acted upon almost everywhere.

Until about 2000, users of Unix desktops regarded CDE as the de facto standard, but at that time, other desktop environments such as GNOME and K Desktop Environment 2 were quickly becoming mature, and became almost universal on the Linux platform, which already had a larger user base than most commercial Unixes in total.

Until 1912, Hilbert was almost exclusively a " pure " mathematician.

Until about 1800, it was almost entirely a written language, but now it is so widely spoken that most of the former German dialects are nearly extinct.

Until the addition of the Linde and Sontag dorms, Atwood and Case dorms were occasionally referred to as New Dorm and New Dorm II ; Mildred E. Mudd Hall and Marks Hall are almost invariably referred to as East dorm and South dorm.

Until the early 20th century rifles tended to be very long ; an 1890 Martini-Henry was almost 2 m ( 6 ft ) in length with a fixed bayonet.

Until modern times, the form of government for almost all states was monarchy.

Until nitrox was widely accepted in the late 1990s, almost all recreational scuba used simple compressed and filtered air.

Until the 2000s broadcast TV programs were generally transmitted as an analog television signal, but in 2008 the USA went almost exclusively digital.

Until 2002, almost all member congregations of the Canadian Unitarian Council ( CUC ) were also members of the UUA and most services to CUC member congregations were provided by the UUA.

Until early 2004, it was almost universal on Linux and the BSDs.

Until now, almost 700 fish species have been recorded from the Congo River Basin, and large sections remain virtually unstudied.

Until a few years ago the ubiquity of 35 mm movie projectors in commercial movie theaters made it the only motion picture format, film or video, that could be played in almost any cinema in the world.

Until the 1970s, strippers in Western cultures were almost invariably female, performing to male audiences.

Until the new cuticle has hardened the animals are defenseless and almost immobilized.

Until the evening of 28 May, single Russian ships were pursued by the Japanese until almost all were destroyed or captured.

Until the mid 19th century Sylt was an island almost completely devoid of trees, only artificial plantations created small areas of forest and bush.

Until 1992, Uzbek continued to be written using a Cyrillic alphabet almost everywhere, but now in Uzbekistan the Latin script has been officially re-introduced, although the use of Cyrillic is still widespread.

Until the coming of the railway in 1857, Beckenham was a small village in the county of Kent with almost completely rural surroundings: once a family of entrepreneurs began the building of villas here, its population soared from 2000 to 26, 000 during 1850-1900 and throughout the rest of the century.

Until the early-to mid-twentieth century the people almost exclusively spoke Cajun French at home.

Until 1965, Irvington was almost exclusively white.

Not only that, he consecrated his successor Mar Thoma VI without any assistance from foreign bishops, thus severing all allegiance to foreign bishops. Until Mar Thoma V, Malankara Church followed almost entirely East Syriac language, liturgy and practices.

Until 1820 he resided in Copenhagen, in almost unceasing literary feud with some one or other, abusing and being abused ; the most important feature of the whole being Baggesen's determination not to allow Oehlenschläger to be considered a greater poet than himself.