Until the mid 19th century most boats were of all natural materials ; primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used.

Until the mid 1990s the tariff was decided by the FINA diving committee, and divers could only select from the range of dives in the published tariff table.

In the early 1970s Jones had a number of hit singles, including " She's a Lady ", " Till ", and " The Young New Mexican Puppeteer ", but in the mid 1970s his popularity declined although he did have a big hit in 1976 with " Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow " which went to No. 1 on the US country chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Until the mid 1990s, Yangon remained largely constrained to its traditional peninsula setting between the Bago, Yangon and Hlaing rivers.

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 the mid 1970s, anyone could walk from the Town Center to clothing stores such as Smith's Department Store & Adams Shoes, food stores such as Jones Market & Cantell's, doctor's offices, barber shops, banks such as Woronoco Savings and Third National, and two family owned drugstores ; Southwick Pharmacy & Community Drugs complete with their own lunch counters.

Until the mid 20th century, the railroad station and Main Street were the town center.

Until the mid 20th century, cities were generally organized into and developed around mixed-use walkable neighborhoods.

Until the mid 1990s the prize awarded for the best float of the parades was called the Tamuramaro Prize.

Until the mid 18th century there was a ferry between Sandwich and the island ; in 1755 a wooden drawbridge was built, and the ferry was closed.

Until the mid 1980s, Locklear appeared as a series regular on T. J. Hooker, while making semi-regular appearances on Dynasty.

Until their closure in the mid 2000s Anglia Television / ITV Anglia had offices located in Chelmsford city centre.

Until the mid 1960s Long Buckby boasted its own goods marshalling yard which played a very significant role in the once thriving village economy, providing for the import of fuel and consumables for local business and residents as well as delivering the mail and packages to the village post office, and newspapers to the village newsagents.

Until the late 19th century, a monument to Morelos had been here, but this was removed along with the fountain and replaced by a kiosk that was brought from London and remains to this day The last remodeling of the plaza occurred in the mid 20th century under the direction of architect and painter Juan O ' Gorman.

Until the mid 19th century the village was a local centre for brick-making, the local clays being recognised as particularly good since the Roman period.

Until some point in the mid twentieth century most Pākehā considered themselves to be both British and New Zealanders.

Until the mid 1980s there was little, if any, new investment in the sport, with the decline in interest being partially attributed to the complex scoring system, especially as it was a manual process then.

Until mid 2012, the station is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Until mid 1966 when shore installations were prepared to take over the task, messing and quartering of personnel were handled by APL-55, anchored in the harbor.

Until the mid 19th century Gamla stan was simply referred to as själva staden (" the city itself "), which must have made sense since the areas surrounding it were still mostly rural in character and referred to as malmarna (" the ridges ").

Until the mid 19th century, a systematic settling of the area was not thought of.

* 2010: Until mid 2010 Cityrail train drivers were required to sound the horn upon departing platforms, but after years of complaints, this practise was dropped.

Until the mid 1970s the junction was known as Wards Corner, reflecting the name of the large department store that stood on this corner.

Until the mid 1980s, nursery schools only admitted pupils in the final year ( three terms ) leading up to their admission to primary school, but pupils now attend nursery school for four or five terms.

Until better out-of-band signaling equipment was developed in the 1990s, fast, unacknowledged, and loud DTMF tone sequences could be heard during the commercial breaks of cable channels in the United States and elsewhere.

Until the 1990s, child-sized double basses were not widely available, and the large size of the bass meant that children were not able to start playing the instrument until their hand size and height would allow them to play a 3 / 4-size model ( the most commonly available size ).

Until the 1990s, economists generally agreed that raising the minimum wage reduced employment.

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

Until the arrival of digital technology in the early 1990s, a split screen was accomplished by using an optical printer to combine two or more actions filmed separately by copying them onto the same negative, called the composite.

Until the early 1990s locals filled water cisterns from the rain that fell on roofs and courts, from small springs, and with imported assistance from other areas of Greece.

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

Until the 1990s they were mainly used for satellite stabilization in North-South and in East-West directions.

* Until the late 1990s, the cost of digital signal processors for DSL was prohibitive.

Until the 1990s systems design had a crucial and respected role in the data processing industry.

Until the 1990s being an open relay was a common configuration for a mail server and was often the default on UNIX systems at installation.

Until late 1990s, CPU s in desktop computers did not have much support for multithreading, although threads were still used on such computers because switching between threads was generally still quicker than full process context switches.

Until the early 1990s, most Fox stations were still essentially independents.

Until the 1990s, the toys were seldom numbered at all, which can make identification difficult ( although some early toys, especially hand-painted figurines, have a Ferrero mark ).

Until the early 1990s, it was widely believed that general relativity hides every singularity behind an event horizon, making naked singularities impossible.

Until the late 1990s, most of Inner Mongolia's prefectural regions were known as Leagues (), a usage retained from Mongol divisions of the Qing Dynasty.

Until the 1990s, there was a 30 million year gap in the fossil record between the late Devonian tetrapods and the reappearance of tetrapod fossils in recognizable mid-Carboniferous amphibian lineages.

Until the end of the 1990s, political life in Omsk was defined by an ongoing feud between the oblast and city authorities.

Until recently, art exhibitions deemed controversial have been routinely shut down by police, and performance artists in particular faced the threat of arrest in the early 1990s.

Until the 1990s, the government actively stated that the ROC is the only legitimate " One China " while the PRC is illegitimate.

Until the 1990s, there was only one game televised each Saturday night in any particular locality and up to 1968, regular season games were still not broadcast in their entirety.

Until the 1990s, the refrigerants were often chlorofluorocarbons such as R-12 ( dichlorodifluoromethane ), one in a class of several refrigerants using the brand name Freon, a trademark of DuPont.