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four buddy icons with text overlays: 'happy' over a person in sunglasses, 'birthday' over a grayscale portrait, and 'Lindsey' over another portrait

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four buddy icons with text overlays: 'happy' over a person in sunglasses, 'birthday' over a grayscale portrait, and 'Lindsey' over another portrait

four buddy icons with text overlays: 'happy' over a person in sunglasses, 'birthday' over a grayscale portrait, and 'Lindsey' over another portrait. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy i…

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Style

  • text-overlaid

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  • happy
  • birthday
  • Lindsey

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080410173302860239515
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4c/4c9ee0dbfff8758d58000a6eda3ef7f8314ac45eb2d5bde983a984ba4ed98e33.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4c9ee0dbfff8758d
SHA-256
4c9ee0dbfff8758d58000a6eda3ef7f8314ac45eb2d5bde983a984ba4ed98e33
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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
20080410173302860239515
Archive entry
20080410173302860239515.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#20080410173302860239515.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080410173302860239515.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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