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A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on a light gray background, next to pixelated text on a cyan background.

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A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on a light gray background, next to pixelated text on a cyan background.

A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on a light gray background, next to pixelated text on a cyan background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • never let the fear of striking out...
  • keep you from playing the game

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708281439241982451946
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/062dc2d759d732d035b004675ce41e9cf896e7c5ddb04170d655d0792968eaed.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
062dc2d759d732d0
SHA-256
062dc2d759d732d035b004675ce41e9cf896e7c5ddb04170d655d0792968eaed
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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
200708281439241982451946
Archive entry
200708281439241982451946.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 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#200708281439241982451946.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708281439241982451946.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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