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A pixelated portrait of a smiling person with light brown hair against a dark bookshelf background, accompanied by blue text labels.

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A pixelated portrait of a smiling person with light brown hair against a dark bookshelf background, accompanied by blue text labels.

A pixelated portrait of a smiling person with light brown hair against a dark bookshelf background, accompanied by blue text labels. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • text overlay

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  • John
  • Ralston
  • <3 4ever

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710241828471106352508
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1d/1d0f6af64d99f5b67bf7551704b1803419c07f547bec5f09f60d0dda5426b74a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1d0f6af64d99f5b6
SHA-256
1d0f6af64d99f5b67bf7551704b1803419c07f547bec5f09f60d0dda5426b74a
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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
200710241828471106352508
Archive entry
200710241828471106352508.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 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#200710241828471106352508.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200710241828471106352508.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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