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Pixelated horse image on white background with cyan text displaying poetic phrases about borrowing wings from horses to fly

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Pixelated horse image on white background with cyan text displaying poetic phrases about borrowing wings from horses to fly

Pixelated horse image on white background with cyan text displaying poetic phrases about borrowing wings from horses to fly. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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Subjects

  • horse

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  • when we ride horses...
  • we borrow their wings...
  • so we too, can
  • fly

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711061308411388916077
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3a/3a7f4592c5c94cf5306b5286ffd873b5ea81213b0419d2f813a582679d44337c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3a7f4592c5c94cf5
SHA-256
3a7f4592c5c94cf5306b5286ffd873b5ea81213b0419d2f813a582679d44337c
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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
200711061308411388916077
Archive entry
200711061308411388916077.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 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#200711061308411388916077.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711061308411388916077.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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