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A pixelated image of a person with short brown hair against a red background, featuring text elements including 'tree', 'biΠ<3', and 'od e'.

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A pixelated image of a person with short brown hair against a red background, featuring text elements including 'tree', 'biΠ<3', and 'od e'.

A pixelated image of a person with short brown hair against a red background, featuring text elements including 'tree', 'biΠ<3', and 'od e'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • tree
  • biΠ<3
  • od e

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080930082336681068761
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/72/723166b024ccc1aab154f475e5c8fbf264eae8c55783e9ce585f6051098c1d38.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
723166b024ccc1aa
SHA-256
723166b024ccc1aab154f475e5c8fbf264eae8c55783e9ce585f6051098c1d38
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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
20080930082336681068761
Archive entry
20080930082336681068761.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20080930082336681068761.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080930082336681068761.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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