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Blue background with white pixelated text reading THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE UNSEEN and five white plus signs below, one of which is light blue.

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Blue background with white pixelated text reading THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE UNSEEN and five white plus signs below, one of which is light blue.

Blue background with white pixelated text reading THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE UNSEEN and five white plus signs below, one of which is light blue. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • THE BEST
  • THINGS IN
  • LIFE ARE
  • UNSEEN

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070811154745537613112
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
329 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/01/010d932c0d312173b5c4cfc0fb91313e2da2c5cd99c28b12b3d57524e6e8bc18.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
010d932c0d312173
SHA-256
010d932c0d312173b5c4cfc0fb91313e2da2c5cd99c28b12b3d57524e6e8bc18
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20070811154745537613112
Archive entry
20070811154745537613112.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070811154745537613112.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070811154745537613112.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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