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A basketball on a wooden court background with vertical and horizontal text blocks in orange pixelated font on black backgrounds.

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A basketball on a wooden court background with vertical and horizontal text blocks in orange pixelated font on black backgrounds.

A basketball on a wooden court background with vertical and horizontal text blocks in orange pixelated font on black backgrounds. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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  • Elyse
  • Jess
  • Hannah
  • Kaley
  • Best
  • Windy
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  • B
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100409085133574263140
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/af/af09f76ad6a18bc6e6e34576784fc6c5eda9e28fa5eca5b9cb287dd384697081.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
af09f76ad6a18bc6
SHA-256
af09f76ad6a18bc6e6e34576784fc6c5eda9e28fa5eca5b9cb287dd384697081
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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
20100409085133574263140
Archive entry
20100409085133574263140.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#20100409085133574263140.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100409085133574263140.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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