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Pixelated image of a smiling person with curly brown hair wearing a green and orange striped hat, set against a bright green background with red text.

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Pixelated image of a smiling person with curly brown hair wearing a green and orange striped hat, set against a bright green background with red text.

Pixelated image of a smiling person with curly brown hair wearing a green and orange striped hat, set against a bright green background with red text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712220659291717633496
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/bd/bda41a502a90df5c4ee3712b42421cdfbdc345a6995d46797745b607a10418f3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
bda41a502a90df5c
SHA-256
bda41a502a90df5c4ee3712b42421cdfbdc345a6995d46797745b607a10418f3
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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
200712220659291717633496
Archive entry
200712220659291717633496.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#200712220659291717633496.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712220659291717633496.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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