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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with blue background and white text reading 'Save The POLAR BEARS!' in blocky font.

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Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with blue background and white text reading 'Save The POLAR BEARS!' in blocky font.

Pixelated polar bear sits on snow with blue background and white text reading 'Save The POLAR BEARS!' in blocky font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • Save
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  • POLAR BEARS!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809172014371039002922
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/af/af81ed3e81df5b22542ad95c74d30aa41a9765f408a3473e2a9c2c8cceca47ff.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
af81ed3e81df5b22
SHA-256
af81ed3e81df5b22542ad95c74d30aa41a9765f408a3473e2a9c2c8cceca47ff
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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
200809172014371039002922
Archive entry
200809172014371039002922.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#200809172014371039002922.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809172014371039002922.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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