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Black-and-white animated sequence showing hands clasped with overlaid text expressing emotional farewell and lingering care.

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Black-and-white animated sequence showing hands clasped with overlaid text expressing emotional farewell and lingering care.

Black-and-white animated sequence showing hands clasped with overlaid text expressing emotional farewell and lingering care. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • fav hello..
  • hardey
  • good bye
  • u took
  • my hand
  • said u care
  • i still care
  • but,
  • do you?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081206190224250423452
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
8.5 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/08/0867b72dbfc6aa044286a956c8801a2ca66045416da05eb3d1c5ee11ede0bfba.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0867b72dbfc6aa04
SHA-256
0867b72dbfc6aa044286a956c8801a2ca66045416da05eb3d1c5ee11ede0bfba
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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
20081206190224250423452
Archive entry
20081206190224250423452.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#20081206190224250423452.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081206190224250423452.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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