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A pixelated image of a horse silhouette against an orange gradient background with 'metal horse' text, next to a black-and-white text overlay reading 'the best band ever' over a blurred figure.

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A pixelated image of a horse silhouette against an orange gradient background with 'metal horse' text, next to a black-and-white text overlay reading 'the best band ever' over a blurred figure.

A pixelated image of a horse silhouette against an orange gradient background with 'metal horse' text, next to a black-and-white text overlay reading 'the best band ever' over a b…

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  • metal horse
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080227145805635050722
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.2 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/01/01e58c46f82e3e921e79abb7992111e87f4a7e3f133e9080caebb59cedd0033c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
01e58c46f82e3e92
SHA-256
01e58c46f82e3e921e79abb7992111e87f4a7e3f133e9080caebb59cedd0033c
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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
20080227145805635050722
Archive entry
20080227145805635050722.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 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#20080227145805635050722.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080227145805635050722.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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