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Yellow cartoon bear with red clothing, gray background, pink text boxes displaying 'I MAKE MY OWN ICONS SO HA!' and 'LOVE JULIA' in black pixelated font.

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Yellow cartoon bear with red clothing, gray background, pink text boxes displaying 'I MAKE MY OWN ICONS SO HA!' and 'LOVE JULIA' in black pixelated font.

Yellow cartoon bear with red clothing, gray background, pink text boxes displaying 'I MAKE MY OWN ICONS SO HA!' and 'LOVE JULIA' in black pixelated font. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM bu…

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Style

  • cartoon

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  • I MAKE MY OWN ICONS SO HA!
  • LOVE JULIA

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081019063758447565646
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/05/05a9e5d74e1baa4caae4fb422c0e86e22168aa3c64916d3c92ac396f0a4f4da5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
05a9e5d74e1baa4c
SHA-256
05a9e5d74e1baa4caae4fb422c0e86e22168aa3c64916d3c92ac396f0a4f4da5
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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
20081019063758447565646
Archive entry
20081019063758447565646.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#20081019063758447565646.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081019063758447565646.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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