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Animated icon featuring a blue triangular shape with white star and stylized figure, displaying changing text above the triangle.

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Animated icon featuring a blue triangular shape with white star and stylized figure, displaying changing text above the triangle.

Animated icon featuring a blue triangular shape with white star and stylized figure, displaying changing text above the triangle. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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  • star

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  • my parents said I could be anything I wanted to be

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801181927171437193344
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.6 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e7/e776718ba3e3ef01ba9aa5ce7c7ca6a3f3d384f9e9fb9deec9f4e41929a1f478.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e776718ba3e3ef01
SHA-256
e776718ba3e3ef01ba9aa5ce7c7ca6a3f3d384f9e9fb9deec9f4e41929a1f478
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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
200801181927171437193344
Archive entry
200801181927171437193344.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#200801181927171437193344.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801181927171437193344.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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