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Red background with black pixelated text reading "We were both young when I first saw you" and a white heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'young'.

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Red background with black pixelated text reading "We were both young when I first saw you" and a white heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'young'.

Red background with black pixelated text reading "We were both young when I first saw you" and a white heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'young'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • We were
  • both young
  • when I
  • first
  • saw you

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812231550271979025366
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
315 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/91/91d6e3218d3f9e316a0f80c725310e1d1abb9dab03ad614cc470ca4d10146915.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
91d6e3218d3f9e31
SHA-256
91d6e3218d3f9e316a0f80c725310e1d1abb9dab03ad614cc470ca4d10146915
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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
200812231550271979025366
Archive entry
200812231550271979025366.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 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#200812231550271979025366.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812231550271979025366.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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