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Black-and-white animated icon shows a person in a suit with striped pants, text fragments 'i wanna hold your hand' and 'hand' with a heart symbol.

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Black-and-white animated icon shows a person in a suit with striped pants, text fragments 'i wanna hold your hand' and 'hand' with a heart symbol.

Black-and-white animated icon shows a person in a suit with striped pants, text fragments 'i wanna hold your hand' and 'hand' with a heart symbol. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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  • heart symbol

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  • i wanna hold your hand
  • hand
  • &&

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080921102328506477307
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.6 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4a/4a812ce1d79dde89cce8337557ecf00a118e3e78af3b2272d3946a95cbf16c9c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4a812ce1d79dde89
SHA-256
4a812ce1d79dde89cce8337557ecf00a118e3e78af3b2272d3946a95cbf16c9c
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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
20080921102328506477307
Archive entry
20080921102328506477307.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080921102328506477307.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080921102328506477307.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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