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Animated icon shows a cartoon character with yellow hair and red dress riding a bicycle, text appears sequentially over the scene.

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Animated icon shows a cartoon character with yellow hair and red dress riding a bicycle, text appears sequentially over the scene.

Animated icon shows a cartoon character with yellow hair and red dress riding a bicycle, text appears sequentially over the scene. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911281357342039488900
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.8 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c4/c42333d33bdfe92d46223c4fc7ee694f4da17baa3410b2e717320ebeb8504ba3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c42333d33bdfe92d
SHA-256
c42333d33bdfe92d46223c4fc7ee694f4da17baa3410b2e717320ebeb8504ba3
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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
200911281357342039488900
Archive entry
200911281357342039488900.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#200911281357342039488900.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911281357342039488900.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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