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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair in a backward cap, overlaid on light blue and gray background with pink text.

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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair in a backward cap, overlaid on light blue and gray background with pink text.

Pixelated image of a person with dark hair in a backward cap, overlaid on light blue and gray background with pink text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

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  • Save a skateboard
  • Ride a skater!
  • fran

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709080644441957664880
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/34/349937e8854a8f46f3928771159db04cab27b028e498b7a85ce4f7fb91b9468f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
349937e8854a8f46
SHA-256
349937e8854a8f46f3928771159db04cab27b028e498b7a85ce4f7fb91b9468f
Full source records (1)

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
200709080644441957664880
Archive entry
200709080644441957664880.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 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#200709080644441957664880.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709080644441957664880.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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