Crowds were out before 5 a.m. to shop for bargains during the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Only streetlights and car lights illuminate the way for early morning shoppers as they start a day of shopping at the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Crowds of young shoppers fill the sidewalks outside Urban Outfitters for a pre-dawn start for the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.5

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Shoppers crowd around bins of clothes at Urban Outfitters shortly after 5 a.m. to search out bargains at the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Shortly after 5 a.m. young shoppers start to crowd the sidewalks of downtown and search out friends for the start of the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Shoppers walk the streets of Lawrence in the early morning hours for the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Jessica Lemus, Lawrence, foreground, and her sister Olivia, background, look for shoes by neon light at Jock's Nitch, 916 Mass. St., well before dawn for the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Seated from left Celie Davison, Sierra Forester, Morgan Ross and Maggie Wiseman, all 15 and from Lawrence, sort their potential purchases as they wait in line at Urban Outfitters during the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Chris Collister, Lawrence, considers a couple of hats for sale while shopping Thursday, July 19, 2012, at the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale. Although the sale day sun provided a good reason to buy a hat, Collister had other intentions for her new purchase. "I need one for mowing." Collister said.

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Suzie Craig, right, Lawrence, and her daughter Anna, a junior at Free State high school, check out a rack of clothes at Britches during the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.

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Brooke Pearce, left, and Kelly Davis, employees at Jefferson's, stand under an awning that provided only partial shade while they worked a water a soft drink booth at the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale, Thursday, July 19, 2012.