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Animated icon shows hands forming a heart shape with text changing from 'The new way' to 'To hold hands' and adding a ring on the lower frame.

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Animated icon shows hands forming a heart shape with text changing from 'The new way' to 'To hold hands' and adding a ring on the lower frame.

Animated icon shows hands forming a heart shape with text changing from 'The new way' to 'To hold hands' and adding a ring on the lower frame. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • heart shape
  • ring

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  • The new way
  • To hold hands

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080203062819204234573
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/63/63097cf83f35eea7aea940cbac6aa9fa55ac15ad6298d8fdc5077617f4d72f9b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
63097cf83f35eea7
SHA-256
63097cf83f35eea7aea940cbac6aa9fa55ac15ad6298d8fdc5077617f4d72f9b
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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
20080203062819204234573
Archive entry
20080203062819204234573.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 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#20080203062819204234573.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080203062819204234573.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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