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A grayscale pixelated image shows a stylized figure with a bright light source on the left, casting a diagonal shadow across a dark background.

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A grayscale pixelated image shows a stylized figure with a bright light source on the left, casting a diagonal shadow across a dark background.

A grayscale pixelated image shows a stylized figure with a bright light source on the left, casting a diagonal shadow across a dark background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812011450531340459878
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a1/a181133dd9261a8663b050e2c6cae7a0df21dc13ebc5fee17850d83c97483ccf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a181133dd9261a86
SHA-256
a181133dd9261a8663b050e2c6cae7a0df21dc13ebc5fee17850d83c97483ccf
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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
200812011450531340459878
Archive entry
200812011450531340459878.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#200812011450531340459878.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812011450531340459878.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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