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Two silhouetted figures holding hands walk along a reflective water path at sunset, with a golden sky and distant landmass visible.

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Two silhouetted figures holding hands walk along a reflective water path at sunset, with a golden sky and distant landmass visible.

Two silhouetted figures holding hands walk along a reflective water path at sunset, with a golden sky and distant landmass visible. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • Anyone could see the road that they
  • It's always
  • walked on was paved they never
  • in gold,
  • grow old

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080229203920462804303
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1c/1c6d475d5b945aad385c4e8ded0685b83125f41a35509d116a459a03cc698e84.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1c6d475d5b945aad
SHA-256
1c6d475d5b945aad385c4e8ded0685b83125f41a35509d116a459a03cc698e84
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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
20080229203920462804303
Archive entry
20080229203920462804303.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 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#20080229203920462804303.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080229203920462804303.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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