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A person in a green shirt holds up a small card with a circular icon against a patterned background, showing slight head movement across frames.

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A person in a green shirt holds up a small card with a circular icon against a patterned background, showing slight head movement across frames.

A person in a green shirt holds up a small card with a circular icon against a patterned background, showing slight head movement across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803081849451877604037
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/da/da61ef9105545e22501202a3789f8323c5c55e2b864c5d076950f9824e31bd55.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
da61ef9105545e22
SHA-256
da61ef9105545e22501202a3789f8323c5c55e2b864c5d076950f9824e31bd55
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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
200803081849451877604037
Archive entry
200803081849451877604037.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 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#200803081849451877604037.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803081849451877604037.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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