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pixelated yellow text on a pink background with green rectangular overlays, showing repeated patterns and color changes

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pixelated yellow text on a pink background with green rectangular overlays, showing repeated patterns and color changes

pixelated yellow text on a pink background with green rectangular overlays, showing repeated patterns and color changes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080407124759853251241
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
841 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/15/15269c536a94a666f81d78eab31e98b9c3c7ba5125a71b7060e707441ede0722.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
15269c536a94a666
SHA-256
15269c536a94a666f81d78eab31e98b9c3c7ba5125a71b7060e707441ede0722
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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
20080407124759853251241
Archive entry
20080407124759853251241.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#20080407124759853251241.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080407124759853251241.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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