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Pixelated orange ladybug with black spots on green background, next to red text reading 'Merry Christmas' in pixel font.

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Pixelated orange ladybug with black spots on green background, next to red text reading 'Merry Christmas' in pixel font.

Pixelated orange ladybug with black spots on green background, next to red text reading 'Merry Christmas' in pixel font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Style

  • 8-bit graphics

Visible Text

  • Merry
  • Christmas

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712081742501768720641
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6d/6d4b5092fedaebbda73e7d8860de564dde8ef143e4695c7567f3acd5666ed68e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6d4b5092fedaebbd
SHA-256
6d4b5092fedaebbda73e7d8860de564dde8ef143e4695c7567f3acd5666ed68e
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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
200712081742501768720641
Archive entry
200712081742501768720641.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 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#200712081742501768720641.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712081742501768720641.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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