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Pixelated beach scene with palm trees and water on left, blue background with pink text "California," "monkey," and "stars" below.

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Pixelated beach scene with palm trees and water on left, blue background with pink text "California," "monkey," and "stars" below.

Pixelated beach scene with palm trees and water on left, blue background with pink text "California," "monkey," and "stars" below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • California
  • monkey
  • stars

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709161540361995985620
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 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/e7/e722eacc4759df66b1097f840e6a3d6fcb33d2af5ac7abf777555fcd7d441678.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e722eacc4759df66
SHA-256
e722eacc4759df66b1097f840e6a3d6fcb33d2af5ac7abf777555fcd7d441678
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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
200709161540361995985620
Archive entry
200709161540361995985620.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 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#200709161540361995985620.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709161540361995985620.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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