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Four red and white square frames with black text 'josh' and 'bob' arranged in a pattern, showing animation changes between frames

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Four red and white square frames with black text 'josh' and 'bob' arranged in a pattern, showing animation changes between frames

Four red and white square frames with black text 'josh' and 'bob' arranged in a pattern, showing animation changes between frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • central text changes from full to empty to smaller rectangle to larger square

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  • josh
  • bob

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080603081403484355982
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
873 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a1/a1dfde456b229616f97344cf61737dc4f7fa59f2936557f46f54f684cf50f255.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a1dfde456b229616
SHA-256
a1dfde456b229616f97344cf61737dc4f7fa59f2936557f46f54f684cf50f255
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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
20080603081403484355982
Archive entry
20080603081403484355982.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#20080603081403484355982.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080603081403484355982.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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