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pixelated text overlays on a background featuring a person in athletic wear, with 'USA Swimming' logo at center bottom

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pixelated text overlays on a background featuring a person in athletic wear, with 'USA Swimming' logo at center bottom

pixelated text overlays on a background featuring a person in athletic wear, with 'USA Swimming' logo at center bottom. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • we swim 4 LAUGHTER
  • we swim 4 MADNESS
  • we swim 4 HOPES
  • we swim 4 TEARS
  • we swim 4 FEARS
  • we swim 4 SCREAMS
  • we are the SWIMMERS who create DREAMS
  • USA
  • SWIMMING

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807221413301834297437
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1c/1c3b474fa4c7e2c2f610d4abd891ebe82aa5befcea8109fcf15f12fb85e2510a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1c3b474fa4c7e2c2
SHA-256
1c3b474fa4c7e2c2f610d4abd891ebe82aa5befcea8109fcf15f12fb85e2510a
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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
200807221413301834297437
Archive entry
200807221413301834297437.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#200807221413301834297437.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807221413301834297437.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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