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A four- shows a bottle on a beach with text reading "I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle" in yellow pixelated font

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A four- shows a bottle on a beach with text reading "I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle" in yellow pixelated font

A four- shows a bottle on a beach with text reading "I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle" in yellow pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • bottle

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • bottle

Visible Text

  • I hope that someone
  • gets my message
  • in a bottle

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708031739151322150613
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/13/130aacb264a7b19ef755d2448a1012858539e3b5d097fc2e27a4abe84e200714.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
130aacb264a7b19e
SHA-256
130aacb264a7b19ef755d2448a1012858539e3b5d097fc2e27a4abe84e200714
Full source records (1)

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
200708031739151322150613
Archive entry
200708031739151322150613.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 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#200708031739151322150613.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708031739151322150613.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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