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A four- of pixelated images showing a person with brown hair in various poses, overlaid with red text on black backgrounds

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A four- of pixelated images showing a person with brown hair in various poses, overlaid with red text on black backgrounds

A four- of pixelated images showing a person with brown hair in various poses, overlaid with red text on black backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • text-overlaid

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  • So the Lion
  • fell in love <3
  • with the Lamb

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080820184738535340955
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.6 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/79/79a652d546c2223ae6e04eca69765f3c48ccbda3d3c3d0b0632914f33b180713.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
79a652d546c2223a
SHA-256
79a652d546c2223ae6e04eca69765f3c48ccbda3d3c3d0b0632914f33b180713
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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
20080820184738535340955
Archive entry
20080820184738535340955.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#20080820184738535340955.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080820184738535340955.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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