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six showing a child's face with text overlays and changing backgrounds, including rain, thunder, lightning, and a hand holding a candle

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six showing a child's face with text overlays and changing backgrounds, including rain, thunder, lightning, and a hand holding a candle

six showing a child's face with text overlays and changing backgrounds, including rain, thunder, lightning, and a hand holding a candle. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • candle

Visible Text

  • Little child, be not afraid
  • The rain pounds harsh against the glass
  • Though thunder explodes and lightning flash
  • like an unwanted stranger there is no danger I am here tonight
  • illuminate your tear stained face I am here tonight

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080310174409887255642
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0d/0d0589c2e98b19c25cda4272901d83636fa209c8053d9c774c134ac52fe80ff7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0d0589c2e98b19c2
SHA-256
0d0589c2e98b19c25cda4272901d83636fa209c8053d9c774c134ac52fe80ff7
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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
20080310174409887255642
Archive entry
20080310174409887255642.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 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#20080310174409887255642.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080310174409887255642.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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