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A four- of pixelated images: top-left text, top-right hand gesture with text, bottom-left athlete in motion, bottom-right portrait

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A four- of pixelated images: top-left text, top-right hand gesture with text, bottom-left athlete in motion, bottom-right portrait

A four- of pixelated images: top-left text, top-right hand gesture with text, bottom-left athlete in motion, bottom-right portrait. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text-overlaid

Subjects

  • hand gesture

Visible Text

  • lowan People.
  • they
  • rock!
  • Shwan Johnson

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809151837061937062083
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/11/1153cb5ba7bcd1809e49c483838f49f9e18c5b671c30aa6455faf60d436f2dc2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1153cb5ba7bcd180
SHA-256
1153cb5ba7bcd1809e49c483838f49f9e18c5b671c30aa6455faf60d436f2dc2
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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
200809151837061937062083
Archive entry
200809151837061937062083.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#200809151837061937062083.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809151837061937062083.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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