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A Fascinating Colorized Photo of a Wilkins Coffee Truck Being Loaded on Location

  • Published August 31, 2012
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Ford Motor Co. truck, John H. Wilkins Co." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)
Take a closer look at this fascinating colorized photo of a Wilkins Coffee truck being loaded on location, somewhere on the 500 block of Rhode Island Ave. NE. Click on it to see the man that looks just like Robert DeNiro. Learn more about Wilkins Coffee with this article.
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Wow! What an amazing colorized photo. This shows a Wilkins Coffee truck being loaded on location, somewhere on the 500 block of Rhode Island Ave. NE. Click on it to take a closer look at the guy. He looks just like Robert DeNiro. Creepy.

Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Ford Motor Co. truck, John H. Wilkins Co." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. “Ford Motor Co. truck, John H. Wilkins Co.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)

I think this certainly warrants further investigation to learn more about Wilkins Coffee.

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