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Animated icon shows a windmill with spinning blades against blue sky, transitioning to black background with yellow text.

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Animated icon shows a windmill with spinning blades against blue sky, transitioning to black background with yellow text.

Animated icon shows a windmill with spinning blades against blue sky, transitioning to black background with yellow text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • S-W- I
  • N-G- S
  • SWINGS
  • ROCK!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710162119541886412630
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e0/e0015dc28fceacd7d5d1863e9c139ddf90875f6157ee47598224c45e00318d4d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e0015dc28fceacd7
SHA-256
e0015dc28fceacd7d5d1863e9c139ddf90875f6157ee47598224c45e00318d4d
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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
200710162119541886412630
Archive entry
200710162119541886412630.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 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#200710162119541886412630.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200710162119541886412630.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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