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Four- of black-and-white pixelated text and imagery with heart symbols, featuring phrases like "FREE HUGS" and "FOREVER IN YOUR ARMS."

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Four- of black-and-white pixelated text and imagery with heart symbols, featuring phrases like "FREE HUGS" and "FOREVER IN YOUR ARMS."

Four- of black-and-white pixelated text and imagery with heart symbols, featuring phrases like "FREE HUGS" and "FOREVER IN YOUR ARMS.". Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbols

Subjects

  • hand

Visible Text

  • FREE HUGS
  • I WANT TO SPEND
  • FOREVER
  • IN
  • YOUR
  • ARMS

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081119151115821681205
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d5/d5a0d07ee04399eb7dd44adfdee11ff490f05c3b0e6eb23cb9bda1393cb2a718.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d5a0d07ee04399eb
SHA-256
d5a0d07ee04399eb7dd44adfdee11ff490f05c3b0e6eb23cb9bda1393cb2a718
Full source records (1)

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
20081119151115821681205
Archive entry
20081119151115821681205.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#20081119151115821681205.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081119151115821681205.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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