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A pixelated image of a smiling person with curly hair wearing a green and orange striped hat, set against red background text.

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A pixelated image of a smiling person with curly hair wearing a green and orange striped hat, set against red background text.

A pixelated image of a smiling person with curly hair wearing a green and orange striped hat, set against red background text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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  • i like 2 whisper 2!
  • OMG
  • anta's cominbut smileings
  • 10am tomorrow
  • stop smiling! my favorite!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071216151639806010099
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f7/f74cea744e7e9f7dd848558ef140070b0fdee17b8164975beacf7cf40f840af4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f74cea744e7e9f7d
SHA-256
f74cea744e7e9f7dd848558ef140070b0fdee17b8164975beacf7cf40f840af4
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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
20071216151639806010099
Archive entry
20071216151639806010099.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#20071216151639806010099.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071216151639806010099.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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