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A pixelated image of a smiling person with light brown hair on the top-left, next to blue with green text reading SMILE! and YOU'RE DAVID BOWIE!!

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A pixelated image of a smiling person with light brown hair on the top-left, next to blue with green text reading SMILE! and YOU'RE DAVID BOWIE!!

A pixelated image of a smiling person with light brown hair on the top-left, next to blue with green text reading SMILE! and YOU'RE DAVID BOWIE. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • SMILE!
  • YOU'RE DAVID BOWIE!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070808212439272965079
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/19/193c2c713b694b9497933344498d582e21da87a30e64506a98da8b391538984b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
193c2c713b694b94
SHA-256
193c2c713b694b9497933344498d582e21da87a30e64506a98da8b391538984b
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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
20070808212439272965079
Archive entry
20070808212439272965079.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:37 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#20070808212439272965079.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070808212439272965079.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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