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A black-and-white hand silhouette with yellow light rays casts a shadow over orange text reading 'so many A shadow' and 'Bright lights to cast'.

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A black-and-white hand silhouette with yellow light rays casts a shadow over orange text reading 'so many A shadow' and 'Bright lights to cast'.

A black-and-white hand silhouette with yellow light rays casts a shadow over orange text reading 'so many A shadow' and 'Bright lights to cast'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • so many
  • A shadow
  • Bright lights
  • to cast

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803191311451944882730
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/50/508587d28690d3e1c71f6aac1c514dab6903b7716eb9fb7ca5575c55bb495444.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
508587d28690d3e1
SHA-256
508587d28690d3e1c71f6aac1c514dab6903b7716eb9fb7ca5575c55bb495444
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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
200803191311451944882730
Archive entry
200803191311451944882730.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 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#200803191311451944882730.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803191311451944882730.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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