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A black background displays repeated text with a red 'Firefighter' word and a circular gray icon, showing slight pixel variations between frames.

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A black background displays repeated text with a red 'Firefighter' word and a circular gray icon, showing slight pixel variations between frames.

A black background displays repeated text with a red 'Firefighter' word and a circular gray icon, showing slight pixel variations between frames. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Color

Source terms

Objects

  • text block
  • circular icon

Subjects

  • circular icon

Visible Text

  • there is nothing cooler than a
  • Firefighter
  • that knows how to use his hose

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080208144724420751204
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/64/64dbee4b29fa49c0ac85749335b5ad95634a7489d976edf9c49c71eba84c358a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
64dbee4b29fa49c0
SHA-256
64dbee4b29fa49c0ac85749335b5ad95634a7489d976edf9c49c71eba84c358a
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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
20080208144724420751204
Archive entry
20080208144724420751204.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 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#20080208144724420751204.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080208144724420751204.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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