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Animated sequence showing silhouettes of two figures against a striped background with heart symbols, displaying changing blue text overlays.

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Animated sequence showing silhouettes of two figures against a striped background with heart symbols, displaying changing blue text overlays.

Animated sequence showing silhouettes of two figures against a striped background with heart symbols, displaying changing blue text overlays. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • we could help each other
  • off the ground
  • so we'd never
  • fall down again.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080928171540220966255
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/77/77f4122fb4a9ee1cb2dc97cffda235a096f568c0989b730d6e1a40fd695fdc7b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
77f4122fb4a9ee1c
SHA-256
77f4122fb4a9ee1cb2dc97cffda235a096f568c0989b730d6e1a40fd695fdc7b
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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
20080928171540220966255
Archive entry
20080928171540220966255.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080928171540220966255.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080928171540220966255.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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