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Purple background with a black silhouette of a person's head and shoulders, featuring purple hair and an earring. White text reads "Where Stars Are Born".

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Purple background with a black silhouette of a person's head and shoulders, featuring purple hair and an earring. White text reads "Where Stars Are Born".

Purple background with a black silhouette of a person's head and shoulders, featuring purple hair and an earring. White text reads "Where Stars Are Born". Animated 50×50 GIF AIM b…

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  • earring

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  • Where
  • Stars
  • Are
  • Born
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902281639551249524408
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/bb/bb0a5fe65534019e9e81582856e740eab7b70fc28b5a77f7d1e19b6423ca89a6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
bb0a5fe65534019e
SHA-256
bb0a5fe65534019e9e81582856e740eab7b70fc28b5a77f7d1e19b6423ca89a6
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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
200902281639551249524408
Archive entry
200902281639551249524408.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#200902281639551249524408.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902281639551249524408.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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