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A swimmer in a white cap and goggles performs a breaststroke in blue water with white splashes, next to red background with black text.

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A swimmer in a white cap and goggles performs a breaststroke in blue water with white splashes, next to red background with black text.

A swimmer in a white cap and goggles performs a breaststroke in blue water with white splashes, next to red background with black text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • give a yell
  • ive a great
  • stantial y
  • when webam, alab
  • re yell i keabam dieg
  • this is wha diego, ho
  • yell...
  • s kiss my
  • h Manora

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708141351061665334224
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/be/beb44bce18f82192aa6ef569cc5b217451d145af4a79af4fb1ab327ee1f7a3a7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
beb44bce18f82192
SHA-256
beb44bce18f82192aa6ef569cc5b217451d145af4a79af4fb1ab327ee1f7a3a7
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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
200708141351061665334224
Archive entry
200708141351061665334224.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 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#200708141351061665334224.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708141351061665334224.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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