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Pixelated grayscale image of a person with dark hair, light skin tone, and visible facial features including eyes, nose, mouth, and ear against black background.

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Pixelated grayscale image of a person with dark hair, light skin tone, and visible facial features including eyes, nose, mouth, and ear against black background.

Pixelated grayscale image of a person with dark hair, light skin tone, and visible facial features including eyes, nose, mouth, and ear against black background. 50×50 GIF AIM bud…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811041209502126340250
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/84/84edc1c543d71808fe32c932fedd202461ce73f4a2461cf53ed21b3d0beb33cb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
84edc1c543d71808
SHA-256
84edc1c543d71808fe32c932fedd202461ce73f4a2461cf53ed21b3d0beb33cb
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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
200811041209502126340250
Archive entry
200811041209502126340250.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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#200811041209502126340250.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811041209502126340250.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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