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Yellow rubber duck with orange beak and blue eye on light gray background, next to red pixelated text on bright yellow field.

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Yellow rubber duck with orange beak and blue eye on light gray background, next to red pixelated text on bright yellow field.

Yellow rubber duck with orange beak and blue eye on light gray background, next to red pixelated text on bright yellow field. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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  • i was always waiting for love..
  • who knew true love was so close?
  • for me it was in my bathtub!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811261923451341796882
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b0/b0af339411fef6c2813e189513b5a0913ad95ac87937fdfdd8b0efebb0dc996e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b0af339411fef6c2
SHA-256
b0af339411fef6c2813e189513b5a0913ad95ac87937fdfdd8b0efebb0dc996e
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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
200811261923451341796882
Archive entry
200811261923451341796882.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 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#200811261923451341796882.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811261923451341796882.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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