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Pixelated text phrases in blue and purple on a brown background, arranged in six distinct blocks with black outlines.

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Pixelated text phrases in blue and purple on a brown background, arranged in six distinct blocks with black outlines.

Pixelated text phrases in blue and purple on a brown background, arranged in six distinct blocks with black outlines. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • Can you Pull the Dawn?
  • It's been so dark since you've been gone
  • We were so optimistic it was so easy to be...
  • We Were Young and Naive...
  • Eileen...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804191812191581465004
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.8 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b9/b93ce2f2eba091a7ca8015a95be2a7a1ddb4f89a54a6afec322b1d60d6f7e7bc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b93ce2f2eba091a7
SHA-256
b93ce2f2eba091a7ca8015a95be2a7a1ddb4f89a54a6afec322b1d60d6f7e7bc
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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
200804191812191581465004
Archive entry
200804191812191581465004.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#200804191812191581465004.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804191812191581465004.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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