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Red pixelated text and heart symbol on solid blue background, with one version showing a heart replacing the word 'love'.

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Red pixelated text and heart symbol on solid blue background, with one version showing a heart replacing the word 'love'.

Red pixelated text and heart symbol on solid blue background, with one version showing a heart replacing the word 'love'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • heart symbol

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  • heart symbol

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  • I
  • love
  • Sam

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200905250620101433813777
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
751 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/02/02571121c24425e28a2322e0884e2f978398ffd35ac8536f2aa013919f536e06.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
02571121c24425e2
SHA-256
02571121c24425e28a2322e0884e2f978398ffd35ac8536f2aa013919f536e06
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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
200905250620101433813777
Archive entry
200905250620101433813777.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#200905250620101433813777.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200905250620101433813777.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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