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Pixelated image of a swimmer in water with blue background and white text reading 'swimming!', 'my life!', and swimming styles.

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Pixelated image of a swimmer in water with blue background and white text reading 'swimming!', 'my life!', and swimming styles.

Pixelated image of a swimmer in water with blue background and white text reading 'swimming!', 'my life!', and swimming styles. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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Action

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Mood

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  • swimming!
  • my life!
  • butterfly
  • backstroke
  • breastroke
  • freestyle

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709231838031463093601
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2e/2efbe51ec6ea7375ca15729dd5532a6662cbdb6a0ff93ecc2c64df08c6dc64f5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2efbe51ec6ea7375
SHA-256
2efbe51ec6ea7375ca15729dd5532a6662cbdb6a0ff93ecc2c64df08c6dc64f5
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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
200709231838031463093601
Archive entry
200709231838031463093601.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#200709231838031463093601.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709231838031463093601.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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