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six showing a person with light brown hair in a beige jacket over dark clothing, each displaying different text overlays

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six showing a person with light brown hair in a beige jacket over dark clothing, each displaying different text overlays

six showing a person with light brown hair in a beige jacket over dark clothing, each displaying different text overlays. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812091319181647411191
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.1 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1c/1c98a2139a2173fa1958fa013def83822736b6832bdce97e99a8ba9858df1ff4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1c98a2139a2173fa
SHA-256
1c98a2139a2173fa1958fa013def83822736b6832bdce97e99a8ba9858df1ff4
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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
200812091319181647411191
Archive entry
200812091319181647411191.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#200812091319181647411191.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812091319181647411191.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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