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Pixelated penguin with yellow beak and feet, displaying red text overlays reading 'Merry', 'Christmas from the', and 'Penguins!' across four

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Pixelated penguin with yellow beak and feet, displaying red text overlays reading 'Merry', 'Christmas from the', and 'Penguins!' across four

Pixelated penguin with yellow beak and feet, displaying red text overlays reading 'Merry', 'Christmas from the', and 'Penguins!' across four. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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Subjects

  • penguin

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  • Merry
  • Christmas from the
  • Penguins!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081216124634498506288
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/97/9756ee65e9436a75e03f922ccfa3a2649451c12b3a739313af4d8e1b41447d62.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9756ee65e9436a75
SHA-256
9756ee65e9436a75e03f922ccfa3a2649451c12b3a739313af4d8e1b41447d62
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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
20081216124634498506288
Archive entry
20081216124634498506288.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 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#20081216124634498506288.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081216124634498506288.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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