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Line-sitters awaiting gadget releases are creative in San Francisco: some clowns brought a cardboard iPhone for kids

Location: San Francisco, California

Date: June 2007

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds

ID Number: #67822387


  Other photographs in the "iphone launch day crowds" collection:

Apple store sign befitting a box office debut: iPhone World Premiere Tonight at 6pm

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Reflection of anxious crowd in window of Apple store under sign announcing the iPhone world premiere would be at 6pm

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iPhone-eager crowds line the sidewalk, snarling pedestrian traffic, in front of the Apple store on 1 Stockton Street

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Crowds line Stockton Street on the Apple iPhone launch day

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One kind-of protester prepares sign before Apple iPhone launch: I'm not buying one? What am I, crazy?

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Hundreds of people, with some estimates putting the number at 300 or so, line the sidewalk in front of the Stockton St. Apple store on iPhone release day

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Apple iPhone fanboys, hundreds strong, line up in front of the Apple store in the last remaining minutes before the so-called Jesus Device is released to the public

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Hordes of media, professional and amateur, jockey for a good photograph of the first people to enter the Apple store and purchase an iPhone

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First customers to get an iPhone gleefully enter the Stockton St. Apple store on June 29, 2007

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First customers to buy an iPhone gleefully enter the Stockton St. Apple store on June 29 after waiting in line for over a day

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In a bizarre ritual that will hopefully never be repeated, Apple store employees celebrate iPhone buyers by cheering as they enter the store

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Man holds aloft the first iPhone to exit the San Francisco Apple store, which may or may not be the first one sold

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Crowds cheer man who holds aloft iPhone he bought as soon as it went on sale at the San Francisco Apple store

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Apple releases the iPhone on June 29 to throngs of adoring customers, who queue up for days for the chance to buy one first

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A relatively small and sedate crowd, perhaps 50 people, patiently queues up outside the AT&T/Cingular store on Market Street for the chance to buy an iPhone

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A relatively small iPhone crowd, far more sedate than the one at the Apple store a block away, queues up outside the AT&T/Cingular store on Market Street

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Apple poster announces the iPhone is coming on June 29, 2007

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Declan McCullagh is a photographer who lives and works in San Francisco, California. His images are available for licensing and for purchase as signed custom prints.

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Line-sitters awaiting gadget releases are creative in San Francisco: some clowns brought a cardboard iPhone for kids