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Animated cow icon with pink ears and brown patches, showing two states: one with a red 'Cowtown' text overlay and another with a yellow scarf.

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Animated cow icon with pink ears and brown patches, showing two states: one with a red 'Cowtown' text overlay and another with a yellow scarf.

Animated cow icon with pink ears and brown patches, showing two states: one with a red 'Cowtown' text overlay and another with a yellow scarf. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • text overlay change

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • Cowtown
  • Cosplay

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20120322104829225694849
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/44/4445d23a685210f5b55a114837c3fd3a53da37d17a0003eaf1e979e0974c4e00.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4445d23a685210f5
SHA-256
4445d23a685210f5b55a114837c3fd3a53da37d17a0003eaf1e979e0974c4e00
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
20120322104829225694849
Archive entry
20120322104829225694849.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 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#20120322104829225694849.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20120322104829225694849.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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