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A polar bear sits on snow with a green background displaying text about environmental actions and saving polar bears.

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A polar bear sits on snow with a green background displaying text about environmental actions and saving polar bears.

A polar bear sits on snow with a green background displaying text about environmental actions and saving polar bears. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809161542301431028518
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/05/0516b549dfa5855e31e4195e09299463c5633f0a697d9e24a2ca16a728b65979.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0516b549dfa5855e
SHA-256
0516b549dfa5855e31e4195e09299463c5633f0a697d9e24a2ca16a728b65979
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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
200809161542301431028518
Archive entry
200809161542301431028518.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#200809161542301431028518.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809161542301431028518.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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