Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Black background with white pixelated text and symbols: a heart above, 'i will wipe away your tears' repeated twice, two '<3' symbols below.

Permanent icon record

Black background with white pixelated text and symbols: a heart above, 'i will wipe away your tears' repeated twice, two '<3' symbols below.

Black background with white pixelated text and symbols: a heart above, 'i will wipe away your tears' repeated twice, two '<3' symbols below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

Download original

About this icon

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Visible Text

  • i will wipe i will wipe
  • away away
  • your tears your tears
  • <3

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080722182515652955387
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
258 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/58/58cc2565e49a9337975f2d4ff1797c86f07d9b0b3d9c4b73034e1f6a1eabf8a1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
58cc2565e49a9337
SHA-256
58cc2565e49a9337975f2d4ff1797c86f07d9b0b3d9c4b73034e1f6a1eabf8a1
Full source records (1)

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
20080722182515652955387
Archive entry
20080722182515652955387.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#20080722182515652955387.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080722182515652955387.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

View the complete metadata record (JSON)