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Black background with white pixelated text reading "My Special Someone" and "and Kristerand Krister in my Icon", featuring a red heart symbol over the 'P' in 'Special'.

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Black background with white pixelated text reading "My Special Someone" and "and Kristerand Krister in my Icon", featuring a red heart symbol over the 'P' in 'Special'.

Black background with white pixelated text reading "My Special Someone" and "and Kristerand Krister in my Icon", featuring a red heart symbol over the 'P' in 'Special'. Animated 4…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3 symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • My Special Someone
  • <3
  • and Kristerand Krister in my Icon

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802081956442130981626
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
331 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/06c18fad1018efe1f59256e0a9fe117eb1666c11ed9ec63248a02d87029a2c46.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
06c18fad1018efe1
SHA-256
06c18fad1018efe1f59256e0a9fe117eb1666c11ed9ec63248a02d87029a2c46
Full source records (1)

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
200802081956442130981626
Archive entry
200802081956442130981626.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 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#200802081956442130981626.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802081956442130981626.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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