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six square with a blue sky background, rainbow, clouds, and heart symbols. Each contains black text on white cloud shapes

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six square with a blue sky background, rainbow, clouds, and heart symbols. Each contains black text on white cloud shapes

six square with a blue sky background, rainbow, clouds, and heart symbols. Each contains black text on white cloud shapes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • Just member
  • all the good times
  • &bad times
  • to help you get thru
  • the
  • hard times

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804101450471004272721
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e9/e9b8b354b7a094009d9fee88143353b7e8303a46e3fa67ff4bf7f703e2f874d6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e9b8b354b7a09400
SHA-256
e9b8b354b7a094009d9fee88143353b7e8303a46e3fa67ff4bf7f703e2f874d6
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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
200804101450471004272721
Archive entry
200804101450471004272721.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#200804101450471004272721.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804101450471004272721.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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