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Two side-by-side cat images with a pink pixelated text bar below; left cat has light fur and green background, right cat has dark fur and red background.

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Two side-by-side cat images with a pink pixelated text bar below; left cat has light fur and green background, right cat has dark fur and red background.

Two side-by-side cat images with a pink pixelated text bar below; left cat has light fur and green background, right cat has dark fur and red background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM bu…

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  • QWWW.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811290906501660787346
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/54/54b499885e8f31fd4512915f3f90213a9068d68a51dd423521e7bd8d5d9c9b54.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
54b499885e8f31fd
SHA-256
54b499885e8f31fd4512915f3f90213a9068d68a51dd423521e7bd8d5d9c9b54
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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
200811290906501660787346
Archive entry
200811290906501660787346.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 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#200811290906501660787346.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811290906501660787346.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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