Spontaneous Apple store memorial service for Steve Jobs (photos)

A spontaneous memorial for Steve Jobs on the sidewalk outside Apple's San Francisco Union Square store.

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A large crowd gathered outside the San Francisco Apple store while inside remained as usual.

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People paid respects on the sidewalk with candles, flowers, apples and personal notes.

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The sidewalk outside Apple's flagship San Francisco store was impassable the evening of Steve Jobs' death.

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Emotional San Francisco technology professionals brought white Easter lilies for the makeshift altar on the sidewalk.

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Emotional San Francisco technology professionals brought white Easter lilies for the makeshift altar on the sidewalk.

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The Apple store's window became covered in Post-Its where people left personal messages for recently-departed Steve Jobs.

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The sidewalk memorial for Steve Jobs was outside the San Francisco Apple store with glass separating it from the current Apple window display.

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The Apple store's window became covered in Post-Its where people left personal messages for recently-departed Steve Jobs.

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The Apple store's window became covered in Post-Its where people left personal messages for recently-departed Steve Jobs.

Credit: Violet Blue

Emotional San Francisco technology professionals brought white Easter lilies for the makeshift altar on the sidewalk.

Credit: Violet Blue

The Apple store's window became covered in Post-Its where people left personal messages for recently-departed Steve Jobs.

Credit: Violet Blue

The offerings at the San Francisco Apple store's spontaneous memorial gathering included a pair of the iconic Jobs-era earbuds.

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