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Pixelated beach scene with two figures walking on sand near water, overlaid with blue pixelated text on black background.

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Pixelated beach scene with two figures walking on sand near water, overlaid with blue pixelated text on black background.

Pixelated beach scene with two figures walking on sand near water, overlaid with blue pixelated text on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • Best Friends: Stay And They May Go But The Ones That Stay With you Are the Ones That GLOW

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811251637261979422153
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/06ea3216a13f141298e6422698076858657784ff613e931e3ad15c31d2788a8d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
06ea3216a13f1412
SHA-256
06ea3216a13f141298e6422698076858657784ff613e931e3ad15c31d2788a8d
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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
200811251637261979422153
Archive entry
200811251637261979422153.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 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#200811251637261979422153.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811251637261979422153.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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