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Black text blocks reading 'somewhere over the rainbow' appear against a grayscale landscape with a visible rainbow in the background.

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Black text blocks reading 'somewhere over the rainbow' appear against a grayscale landscape with a visible rainbow in the background.

Black text blocks reading 'somewhere over the rainbow' appear against a grayscale landscape with a visible rainbow in the background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • somewhere
  • over the
  • rainbow

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080514182648997289101
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.7 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1b/1b1c3e173e3ce5085cd6edda23dad290d853b3cb566ce3c8daeeeef7192425e7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1b1c3e173e3ce508
SHA-256
1b1c3e173e3ce5085cd6edda23dad290d853b3cb566ce3c8daeeeef7192425e7
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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
20080514182648997289101
Archive entry
20080514182648997289101.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 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#20080514182648997289101.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080514182648997289101.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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