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Black-and-white pixelated image showing a person holding a sign with handwritten text and heart symbols, surrounded by pixelated text phrases.

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Black-and-white pixelated image showing a person holding a sign with handwritten text and heart symbols, surrounded by pixelated text phrases.

Black-and-white pixelated image showing a person holding a sign with handwritten text and heart symbols, surrounded by pixelated text phrases. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • with you
  • forever
  • holding me close
  • with me
  • and never saying goodbye

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712131744242025009587
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/34/346ca654c49c487698021b9a4fcf295448d777ca1f416466a64427cc242ca152.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
346ca654c49c4876
SHA-256
346ca654c49c487698021b9a4fcf295448d777ca1f416466a64427cc242ca152
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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
200712131744242025009587
Archive entry
200712131744242025009587.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:04 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#200712131744242025009587.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712131744242025009587.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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