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Black-and-white photo of a person with tousled hair and a light-colored shirt on a light cyan background with purple pixelated text.

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Black-and-white photo of a person with tousled hair and a light-colored shirt on a light cyan background with purple pixelated text.

Black-and-white photo of a person with tousled hair and a light-colored shirt on a light cyan background with purple pixelated text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • which Jonas is it?
  • Nick.........
  • Joe.........
  • or.........
  • Kevin?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810051408291586657759
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a1/a19ea24f7478481ec3c2a7af178d2da6fd5d69c73cffd0d6fb1c38d3def784a8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a19ea24f7478481e
SHA-256
a19ea24f7478481ec3c2a7af178d2da6fd5d69c73cffd0d6fb1c38d3def784a8
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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
200810051408291586657759
Archive entry
200810051408291586657759.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#200810051408291586657759.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810051408291586657759.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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