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six text over a golden sunset background with city silhouettes, each displaying white pixelated words on black outlines

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six text over a golden sunset background with city silhouettes, each displaying white pixelated words on black outlines

six text over a golden sunset background with city silhouettes, each displaying white pixelated words on black outlines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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  • & when the city lights
  • are so bright that
  • they blind you
  • just remember
  • your hand was
  • meant for mine

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804021340501932533908
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
9.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ea/ea6c8fdbe65f42c928f9ce3144941eadcd5cb44add6d614ea76ebb1de33e4c4e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ea6c8fdbe65f42c9
SHA-256
ea6c8fdbe65f42c928f9ce3144941eadcd5cb44add6d614ea76ebb1de33e4c4e
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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
200804021340501932533908
Archive entry
200804021340501932533908.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 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#200804021340501932533908.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804021340501932533908.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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