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A static image with orange text over a beach background showing waves and sand, displaying phrases about fading tan memories staying.

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A static image with orange text over a beach background showing waves and sand, displaying phrases about fading tan memories staying.

A static image with orange text over a beach background showing waves and sand, displaying phrases about fading tan memories staying. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • The tan may fade
  • but the memories will stay
  • Summer '08

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806081213001372252327
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:29 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0b/0be567f640022eeccce201c97d38e8bc0e186b44cbd57e31f02bc633e52c8cb4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0be567f640022eec
SHA-256
0be567f640022eeccce201c97d38e8bc0e186b44cbd57e31f02bc633e52c8cb4
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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
200806081213001372252327
Archive entry
200806081213001372252327.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:29 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#200806081213001372252327.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806081213001372252327.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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