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Pixelated text 'kathleen <3's katie' in pink on black background with cyan plus and star symbols appearing at different positions.

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Pixelated text 'kathleen <3's katie' in pink on black background with cyan plus and star symbols appearing at different positions.

Pixelated text 'kathleen <3's katie' in pink on black background with cyan plus and star symbols appearing at different positions. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • plus sign
  • star symbol
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  • kathleen <3's katie

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803211453391023111884
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c6/c60d9fa46a7d924e8e8e238a8d4ad691d76c32587f75118c31c0f33f7d15fe21.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c60d9fa46a7d924e
SHA-256
c60d9fa46a7d924e8e8e238a8d4ad691d76c32587f75118c31c0f33f7d15fe21
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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
200803211453391023111884
Archive entry
200803211453391023111884.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 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#200803211453391023111884.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803211453391023111884.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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