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Pixelated beach scene with blue sky, turquoise water, and white sand; four text blocks in blue pixel font on light blue background.

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Pixelated beach scene with blue sky, turquoise water, and white sand; four text blocks in blue pixel font on light blue background.

Pixelated beach scene with blue sky, turquoise water, and white sand; four text blocks in blue pixel font on light blue background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • <3 symbol
  • :(

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  • I <3 to Surf and Surf and swim
  • I miss California! :(
  • I cant live without music

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071102192526328335131
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:52 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/72/724751acbc9eee8ecb3b0cba44618c4c7533ca7cbcf20fd38511df5ac15b0737.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
724751acbc9eee8e
SHA-256
724751acbc9eee8ecb3b0cba44618c4c7533ca7cbcf20fd38511df5ac15b0737
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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
20071102192526328335131
Archive entry
20071102192526328335131.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:52 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#20071102192526328335131.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071102192526328335131.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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