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Pixelated cow head with black-and-white patches on white background, surrounded by bright green text containing yellow pixel font

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Pixelated cow head with black-and-white patches on white background, surrounded by bright green text containing yellow pixel font

Pixelated cow head with black-and-white patches on white background, surrounded by bright green text containing yellow pixel font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805251515211644188677
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/42/4287b91d5e96a0d415b8eeb223c8500270d96d836ab89a6e5c41657514ed0850.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4287b91d5e96a0d4
SHA-256
4287b91d5e96a0d415b8eeb223c8500270d96d836ab89a6e5c41657514ed0850
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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
200805251515211644188677
Archive entry
200805251515211644188677.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 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#200805251515211644188677.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805251515211644188677.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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