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A pixelated image shows a person riding a horse with text overlay, transitioning to a close-up of the horse's head and rider's arm.

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A pixelated image shows a person riding a horse with text overlay, transitioning to a close-up of the horse's head and rider's arm.

A pixelated image shows a person riding a horse with text overlay, transitioning to a close-up of the horse's head and rider's arm. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Style

  • animated sequence

Subjects

  • horse

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  • heberle<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806211035201692517749
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2a/2a8bd42a245ddbf9ccc4a30baf2c39cf794dbbf53117b09834cdf7b9128386ee.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2a8bd42a245ddbf9
SHA-256
2a8bd42a245ddbf9ccc4a30baf2c39cf794dbbf53117b09834cdf7b9128386ee
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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
200806211035201692517749
Archive entry
200806211035201692517749.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 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#200806211035201692517749.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806211035201692517749.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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