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Red background with black text reading "OMG school starts on Sept 5" and a white plus sign that changes to a star, then an X, then a period, then a colon, then a dot, then a comma, then a series of dots.

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Red background with black text reading "OMG school starts on Sept 5" and a white plus sign that changes to a star, then an X, then a period, then a colon, then a dot, then a comma, then a series of dots.

Red background with black text reading "OMG school starts on Sept 5" and a white plus sign that changes to a star, then an X, then a period, then a colon, then a dot, then a comma…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • plus sign
  • star
  • X
  • dot

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  • OMG
  • school
  • starts
  • on
  • Sept
  • 5
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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070829150820595686680
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
516 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e5/e5e514f4d599a7b7066d13956283b6ab79e67adfcc06b47a5dcc7b78adfedc29.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e5e514f4d599a7b7
SHA-256
e5e514f4d599a7b7066d13956283b6ab79e67adfcc06b47a5dcc7b78adfedc29
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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
20070829150820595686680
Archive entry
20070829150820595686680.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:42 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#20070829150820595686680.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070829150820595686680.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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