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Blue background with cyan text repeating 'jamesw217 and harrypand are best buds' and red star shapes arranged vertically.

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Blue background with cyan text repeating 'jamesw217 and harrypand are best buds' and red star shapes arranged vertically.

Blue background with cyan text repeating 'jamesw217 and harrypand are best buds' and red star shapes arranged vertically. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • jamesw217
  • and harrypand
  • are
  • best buds

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201203091037462041600596
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c4/c4091b93feb084987aed8f27e0f14af89d4ef942b68dcca05b1acd158c5b402d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c4091b93feb08498
SHA-256
c4091b93feb084987aed8f27e0f14af89d4ef942b68dcca05b1acd158c5b402d
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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
201203091037462041600596
Archive entry
201203091037462041600596.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 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#201203091037462041600596.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201203091037462041600596.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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