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Four- with text overlays: top-left shows 'Friends are' over a colorful abstract background, top-right 'the family' over a grayscale fabric texture, bottom-left 'we choose' over a bright background with a figure, bottom-right 'for ourselves' over a grayscale silhouette scene

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Four- with text overlays: top-left shows 'Friends are' over a colorful abstract background, top-right 'the family' over a grayscale fabric texture, bottom-left 'we choose' over a bright background with a figure, bottom-right 'for ourselves' over a grayscale silhouette scene

Four- with text overlays: top-left shows 'Friends are' over a colorful abstract background, top-right 'the family' over a grayscale fabric texture, bottom-left 'we choose' over a…

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Style

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Color

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Objects

  • heart

Subjects

  • figure
  • heart

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  • Friends are
  • the family
  • we choose
  • for ourselves

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20111210190428728930007
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e1/e15d1819d29ccc1f31e03c815c0027c4d06e0ad3742ef1b21419c8e04bd5b183.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e15d1819d29ccc1f
SHA-256
e15d1819d29ccc1f31e03c815c0027c4d06e0ad3742ef1b21419c8e04bd5b183
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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
20111210190428728930007
Archive entry
20111210190428728930007.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 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#20111210190428728930007.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20111210190428728930007.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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