Until this point Austria and Switzerland had been the traditional and more popular destinations for winter sports, but by the end of the 20th century and into the early 21st century, France, Italy and the Tyrol began so see increases in winter visitors.

Until the early 20th century, unsure of the site of Palaepharsalos, scholars followed Arrian ( 2. 75 ) and located the battle south of the Enipeus or close to Pharsalos ( today's Pharsala ).

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

Until the early seventeenth century the Bandas were ruled by a group of leading citizens, the orang kaya ( literally ' rich men '), each of these was a head of district.

Until the early 1980s, they were known as video display terminals and were physically attached to the computer and keyboard.

Until the early 18th century granite could only be carved by hand tools with generally poor results.

Until the early part of the twentieth century, the highlands economy consisted primarily of mining and livestock

Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual approaches gained favor.

Until the very early twentieth century, men living in the southern Appalachians would drive their pigs to market in the flatlands below each Autumn, fattening up their stock on chestnuts and fallen mast, much as their Scottish forebears did for centuries.

Until the early twentieth century, Hangul was denigrated as vulgar by the literate elite who preferred the traditional hanja writing system.

Until the 13th century, icons followed a broadly similar pattern in West and East-although very few survive from this early from either tradition.

Until the early 19th century Africans were captured, kidnapped, and forced into slavery to work on plantations when sugarcane became the most important export of the island.

Until 2004 ( in 2005 – 2007 the Jaguars went back to wearing white at home for early season games ) and then 2008, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.

Until the early 1990s, the Chilean wine industry mistakenly sold a large quantity of wine made from the Carmenere grape as Merlot.

Until the early 20th century, formal writing and even much poetry and fiction was done in Literary Chinese, which was modelled on the classics of the Warring States period and Han Dynasty.

Until the early 1970s there was large apiary which was well known in the region and has lived on in the Scottish country dance " The Bees of Maggieknockater ".

Until the Quiet Revolution of the early 1960s, Tremblay saw Quebec as a poor, working-class province dominated by an English-speaking elite and the Roman Catholic Church.

Until the early 20th century, these tribes had little contact with the Nama, Damara, and Herero, who settled around the central part of the country vying for control of sparse pastureland.

Until the early 20th century, scientists assumed that the majority of synaptic communication in the brain was electrical.

Until the early 20th century, it was hunted for its fur, but it is now protected throughout its range.

Until the early 1990s, the PLA Navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Ground Force.

Until it closed in early 2011, a McDonald's in Edina, Minnesota claimed on its receipts to be the " World's Only Pneumatic Air Drive-Thru ," sending food from their strip-mall location to a drive-through in the middle of a parking lot.

Until the early 17th century large outline images of the giants Gog and Magog ( or Goemagot and Corineus ) had for a long time been cut into the turf of the Hoe exposing the white limestone beneath.

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 the late 19th or early 20th century, those who pursued science were called " natural philosophers " or " men of science ".

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 1950s, almost all yachts were made of wood or steel, but a much wider range of materials is used today.

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 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.