The thoughtful visage of a young baggage handler was found just outside the Caltrain station in Mountain View, California.

Just outside the waiting area for the southbound trains, a sculpture of an old fashioned luggage cart was on permanent display. Notice the design of the cart with its triangular-braced wooden cross pieces.

The sculpture was a marvelous work of superb detail, right down to the bolt heads holding the cross pieces together, and a "steel" strap down its center to support the luggage.

The baggage cart was parked to give the young boy sitting on it a view of the plaza leading to Castro Street.

Fruit crates were stacked against the luggage. One was from the California Supply Company of Mountain View, California, and the other from Day & Young, Santa Clara, California.

The attire of the young man began with long stockings under knee length pants capped with hight-top, lace-up shoes.

Was the boy the baggage handler or was he a passenger sat atop the luggage to await the return of his parents?

A bucket of what might be apples or pears sat on the front of the cart. The MV on its front stood for Mountain View.

An identifying sign was embedded in the sidewalk just in front of the sculpture. It read:

The Baggage Cart
Dee Clements
2004

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The Baggage Cart 2004 Bronze   •  Artist: Dee Clements   •  Mountain View Caltrain Station   •  Mountain View, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 12 September 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:28:29 Saturday 10 September 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales #B11_7739
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