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Pixelated image of a person with brown hair in braids wearing a white shirt and dark vest, set against blue background with pixelated text.

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Pixelated image of a person with brown hair in braids wearing a white shirt and dark vest, set against blue background with pixelated text.

Pixelated image of a person with brown hair in braids wearing a white shirt and dark vest, set against blue background with pixelated text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • Tin men?
  • Talking lions?
  • Brainless scarecrows:
  • Striped socks?
  • And they said
  • Cinderella hallucinate

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071216064723752944284
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/47/47ef5f1770b56a5815fe3725c6b7a4c218f1ff0132829ae28fe945e546cc4a97.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
47ef5f1770b56a58
SHA-256
47ef5f1770b56a5815fe3725c6b7a4c218f1ff0132829ae28fe945e546cc4a97
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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
20071216064723752944284
Archive entry
20071216064723752944284.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#20071216064723752944284.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071216064723752944284.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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