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Pixelated text displays 'RAP', 'HIP-HOP', 'D-BLOCK', and 'DIPLOMATS' in black on a light yellow background with red horizontal bars.

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Pixelated text displays 'RAP', 'HIP-HOP', 'D-BLOCK', and 'DIPLOMATS' in black on a light yellow background with red horizontal bars.

Pixelated text displays 'RAP', 'HIP-HOP', 'D-BLOCK', and 'DIPLOMATS' in black on a light yellow background with red horizontal bars. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • RAP
  • HIP-HOP
  • D-BLOCK
  • DIPLOMATS

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090128152148667846707
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
472 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3b/3bb3467b320d745399aaa8e93b65b089fb57d07b13d50cd26eaed3c1a9c053f3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3bb3467b320d7453
SHA-256
3bb3467b320d745399aaa8e93b65b089fb57d07b13d50cd26eaed3c1a9c053f3
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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
20090128152148667846707
Archive entry
20090128152148667846707.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 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#20090128152148667846707.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090128152148667846707.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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