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Beach scene with heart drawn in sand, overlaid text fragments including 'I <3 him', 'we went and found names in', '4 a walk', 'so now I know was meant to be'.

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Beach scene with heart drawn in sand, overlaid text fragments including 'I <3 him', 'we went and found names in', '4 a walk', 'so now I know was meant to be'.

Beach scene with heart drawn in sand, overlaid text fragments including 'I <3 him', 'we went and found names in', '4 a walk', 'so now I know was meant to be'. Animated 48×48 GIF A…

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  • text-overlaid

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  • I <3 him
  • we went and found names in
  • 4
  • a
  • walk
  • so now I know was meant to be
  • was
  • meant
  • to be

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080114165540788441904
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0b/0b5093bfd6e9032da885f623d1ab32ba54250b41c178ea69f3fc51d77e8e75a6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0b5093bfd6e9032d
SHA-256
0b5093bfd6e9032da885f623d1ab32ba54250b41c178ea69f3fc51d77e8e75a6
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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
20080114165540788441904
Archive entry
20080114165540788441904.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#20080114165540788441904.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080114165540788441904.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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