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six showing a person with long blonde hair against a blurred outdoor background, each containing purple text overlays

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six showing a person with long blonde hair against a blurred outdoor background, each containing purple text overlays

six showing a person with long blonde hair against a blurred outdoor background, each containing purple text overlays. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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Style

  • text-overlaid

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  • this love is difficult but its real
  • don't be afraid
  • we'll make it out of this mess
  • it's a love story baby just say yes
  • by taylor swift

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090107132138588641808
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
10.2 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/39/391a5823f4716b12be4e70d2b6fb79a8b681769c17d82e9f0cf26235eb691a39.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
391a5823f4716b12
SHA-256
391a5823f4716b12be4e70d2b6fb79a8b681769c17d82e9f0cf26235eb691a39
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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
20090107132138588641808
Archive entry
20090107132138588641808.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#20090107132138588641808.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090107132138588641808.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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