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Blue background with white dashed border and snowflake corners, displaying "Merry Christmas <3" text in four quadrants.

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Blue background with white dashed border and snowflake corners, displaying "Merry Christmas <3" text in four quadrants.

Blue background with white dashed border and snowflake corners, displaying "Merry Christmas <3" text in four quadrants. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712011410021050332475
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
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d2/d210aed241248795738a980b2aabc14e1fd49ebbf0954616e4c73a132b9503b9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d210aed241248795
SHA-256
d210aed241248795738a980b2aabc14e1fd49ebbf0954616e4c73a132b9503b9
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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
200712011410021050332475
Archive entry
200712011410021050332475.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#200712011410021050332475.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712011410021050332475.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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