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Pixelated image of a person with light brown hair against a red background, accompanied by blue pixelated text on black.

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Pixelated image of a person with light brown hair against a red background, accompanied by blue pixelated text on black.

Pixelated image of a person with light brown hair against a red background, accompanied by blue pixelated text on black. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802231809581185168109
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4e/4e3bac9a37fa703eae76f7c345423614abad61071fbf48ef3e3e2757e2b0b35c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4e3bac9a37fa703e
SHA-256
4e3bac9a37fa703eae76f7c345423614abad61071fbf48ef3e3e2757e2b0b35c
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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
200802231809581185168109
Archive entry
200802231809581185168109.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 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#200802231809581185168109.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802231809581185168109.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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