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Pixelated blue square with white text "Snowman" and a small snowman graphic in the bottom-right corner, showing animation changes

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Pixelated blue square with white text "Snowman" and a small snowman graphic in the bottom-right corner, showing animation changes

Pixelated blue square with white text "Snowman" and a small snowman graphic in the bottom-right corner, showing animation changes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • animation cycles through four states: full snowman, upper half only, lower half only, full snowman again

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  • Snowman

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080213163113252115539
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
335 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/28/28d22c33fa436204eb83a3cd05921fc5924c0e9ff580699b2151405cf2323050.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
28d22c33fa436204
SHA-256
28d22c33fa436204eb83a3cd05921fc5924c0e9ff580699b2151405cf2323050
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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
20080213163113252115539
Archive entry
20080213163113252115539.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 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#20080213163113252115539.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080213163113252115539.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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