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A silver key with a heart-shaped pendant hangs from a red fabric background, accompanied by orange pixelated text on black.

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A silver key with a heart-shaped pendant hangs from a red fabric background, accompanied by orange pixelated text on black.

A silver key with a heart-shaped pendant hangs from a red fabric background, accompanied by orange pixelated text on black. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070909144429654695486
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/47/47528a85d21cb2d4df35a3491f6cde163f398e83b10746ce6e06feb8ffbf8886.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
47528a85d21cb2d4
SHA-256
47528a85d21cb2d4df35a3491f6cde163f398e83b10746ce6e06feb8ffbf8886
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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
20070909144429654695486
Archive entry
20070909144429654695486.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 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#20070909144429654695486.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070909144429654695486.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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