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Pixelated text fragments and a smiley face on black background, with partial names like 'Vanessa' and 'Ve C's Van' visible across white rectangular fields.

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Pixelated text fragments and a smiley face on black background, with partial names like 'Vanessa' and 'Ve C's Van' visible across white rectangular fields.

Pixelated text fragments and a smiley face on black background, with partial names like 'Vanessa' and 'Ve C's Van' visible across white rectangular fields. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM…

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  • <3 Vanessa
  • MY Vanessa
  • Vanessaaa
  • ve <3's Van
  • :)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090411155818355916166
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
580 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7a/7abb70459db9a7e000c147c3256019e1d115e041dfd05b3b35279ea1402cbf59.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
7abb70459db9a7e0
SHA-256
7abb70459db9a7e000c147c3256019e1d115e041dfd05b3b35279ea1402cbf59
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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
20090411155818355916166
Archive entry
20090411155818355916166.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#20090411155818355916166.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090411155818355916166.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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