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A black-and-white animated icon shows a stylized head with a small dark shape on its face, transitioning between two states with a gray background replacing black in one frame.

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A black-and-white animated icon shows a stylized head with a small dark shape on its face, transitioning between two states with a gray background replacing black in one frame.

A black-and-white animated icon shows a stylized head with a small dark shape on its face, transitioning between two states with a gray background replacing black in one frame. An…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081221170125475088514
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/99/99ad36fd9a7aacab3f7ebaff2c631f4b7eb71c02130da2df0fffba35da83a3ff.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
99ad36fd9a7aacab
SHA-256
99ad36fd9a7aacab3f7ebaff2c631f4b7eb71c02130da2df0fffba35da83a3ff
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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
20081221170125475088514
Archive entry
20081221170125475088514.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#20081221170125475088514.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081221170125475088514.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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