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four pixelated character portraits with overlaid text banners in red, orange, and green, each displaying partial names

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four pixelated character portraits with overlaid text banners in red, orange, and green, each displaying partial names

four pixelated character portraits with overlaid text banners in red, orange, and green, each displaying partial names. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • nielW2
  • ctor W
  • ebring

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201206260830321186470486
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0f/0fd6637bcb4f66879ae5c3ffa0a3c4f8411541f0f444f2039ca27ab95ae9308d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0fd6637bcb4f6687
SHA-256
0fd6637bcb4f66879ae5c3ffa0a3c4f8411541f0f444f2039ca27ab95ae9308d
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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
201206260830321186470486
Archive entry
201206260830321186470486.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:10 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#201206260830321186470486.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201206260830321186470486.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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