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Two people with light skin tones and brown hair pose closely together against a blue sky background, with purple text reading 'Besties' at the bottom.

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Two people with light skin tones and brown hair pose closely together against a blue sky background, with purple text reading 'Besties' at the bottom.

Two people with light skin tones and brown hair pose closely together against a blue sky background, with purple text reading 'Besties' at the bottom. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • light skin tones

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  • Besties

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811251412501198263080
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/89/89f92275b7f9ee8b188f07b2e479b282d3c2fdc143fac993a415c4d1735b70a4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
89f92275b7f9ee8b
SHA-256
89f92275b7f9ee8b188f07b2e479b282d3c2fdc143fac993a415c4d1735b70a4
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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
200811251412501198263080
Archive entry
200811251412501198263080.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 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#200811251412501198263080.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811251412501198263080.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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