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A light blue background with the word "smile" in lowercase letters, featuring animated bright white circular glows near each letter.

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A light blue background with the word "smile" in lowercase letters, featuring animated bright white circular glows near each letter.

A light blue background with the word "smile" in lowercase letters, featuring animated bright white circular glows near each letter. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080106212254801113310
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a8/a8711f3a6fe483dd7b54eb18ced89c8a98ff1075c69f40516c9882d38c95cf48.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a8711f3a6fe483dd
SHA-256
a8711f3a6fe483dd7b54eb18ced89c8a98ff1075c69f40516c9882d38c95cf48
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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
20080106212254801113310
Archive entry
20080106212254801113310.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 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#20080106212254801113310.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080106212254801113310.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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