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Pixelated image with red text 'IT'S REF' over a dark background featuring a stylized figure with red accents and a white-and-gray gradient.

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Pixelated image with red text 'IT'S REF' over a dark background featuring a stylized figure with red accents and a white-and-gray gradient.

Pixelated image with red text 'IT'S REF' over a dark background featuring a stylized figure with red accents and a white-and-gray gradient. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071129210151409467071
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c6/c6adbe3ce5050a0277c5a343ba5c0bdb7dfa5670b82272fac6db55ec11c915d5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c6adbe3ce5050a02
SHA-256
c6adbe3ce5050a0277c5a343ba5c0bdb7dfa5670b82272fac6db55ec11c915d5
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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
20071129210151409467071
Archive entry
20071129210151409467071.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 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#20071129210151409467071.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071129210151409467071.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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