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Four- of pixelated text and imagery: green text over dark circles, black text over a cat, orange text over a soccer ball, and a blank

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Four- of pixelated text and imagery: green text over dark circles, black text over a cat, orange text over a soccer ball, and a blank

Four- of pixelated text and imagery: green text over dark circles, black text over a cat, orange text over a soccer ball, and a blank. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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Style

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • cat

Subjects

  • cat

Visible Text

  • my bfss r toy and emmis
  • i <3 peyton
  • soccer rox my sox 4e agawam

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090324154225844152758
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0f/0f2cd62c00f804cd09b16d60018445c9a52aeb1b75f44b776bd16e221c832dcf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0f2cd62c00f804cd
SHA-256
0f2cd62c00f804cd09b16d60018445c9a52aeb1b75f44b776bd16e221c832dcf
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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
20090324154225844152758
Archive entry
20090324154225844152758.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#20090324154225844152758.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090324154225844152758.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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