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A static image shows a black bowling ball and a white bowling pin with a red band on a light background, accompanied by red pixelated text.

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A static image shows a black bowling ball and a white bowling pin with a red band on a light background, accompanied by red pixelated text.

A static image shows a black bowling ball and a white bowling pin with a red band on a light background, accompanied by red pixelated text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • if you knock me doown...
  • then...
  • pull me back up

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080625174743759051442
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/da/da48a902d9d3e648ef9202051c45672760a01bc7969bdd2804bf951a5e54ece9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
da48a902d9d3e648
SHA-256
da48a902d9d3e648ef9202051c45672760a01bc7969bdd2804bf951a5e54ece9
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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
20080625174743759051442
Archive entry
20080625174743759051442.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 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#20080625174743759051442.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080625174743759051442.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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