Mishawaka Indiana Horse-Drawn Wagon Cart Ripple Milling Co Real Photo Postcard

The Ripple Milling Co., as evidenced by its delivery wagon specifying CORN OATS FLOUR and a simple PHONE 201, represents a typical local milling operation from the early 20th century. These companies were essential community providers, grinding grains for livestock feed and baking flour, serving both agricultural and household needs before the widespread advent of industrialized, national food distribution networks. The horse-drawn wagon was the standard mode of local commercial transport, indicating a period before mass automobile adoption for such services.