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Pixelated text 'The beauty lies within' on light blue background with four distinct icon variations showing different animated symbols.

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Pixelated text 'The beauty lies within' on light blue background with four distinct icon variations showing different animated symbols.

Pixelated text 'The beauty lies within' on light blue background with four distinct icon variations showing different animated symbols. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text-based icon

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • The
  • beauty
  • lies
  • within

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070929184549491481979
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
336 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/82/8247a7dca7708e416c2dd3929441c6cb21dfa451a829e0f6a966df007995b34c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8247a7dca7708e41
SHA-256
8247a7dca7708e416c2dd3929441c6cb21dfa451a829e0f6a966df007995b34c
Full source records (1)

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
20070929184549491481979
Archive entry
20070929184549491481979.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 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#20070929184549491481979.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070929184549491481979.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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