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Pixelated beach scene with palm trees and ocean on left, yellow background with orange text and smiley faces on right.

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Pixelated beach scene with palm trees and ocean on left, yellow background with orange text and smiley faces on right.

Pixelated beach scene with palm trees and ocean on left, yellow background with orange text and smiley faces on right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201605240224052027265409
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:10 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a9/a91785994d79b46ccb5c8206227606a7b3746fa6f7e85d38748f9a26871794f7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a91785994d79b46c
SHA-256
a91785994d79b46ccb5c8206227606a7b3746fa6f7e85d38748f9a26871794f7
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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
201605240224052027265409
Archive entry
201605240224052027265409.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:10 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#201605240224052027265409.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201605240224052027265409.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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