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A four- with text overlays and character images, featuring pixelated blue text on white backgrounds and a central character image

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A four- with text overlays and character images, featuring pixelated blue text on white backgrounds and a central character image

A four- with text overlays and character images, featuring pixelated blue text on white backgrounds and a central character image. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • When you can live forever...
  • What do you live for?
  • Twilight
  • 11/21/08

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080916110853495136022
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.4 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f8/f8b4926d7ef33effc8f429d6db17ede771f4423ea5f3183457b35f0fa4bf19b6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f8b4926d7ef33eff
SHA-256
f8b4926d7ef33effc8f429d6db17ede771f4423ea5f3183457b35f0fa4bf19b6
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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
20080916110853495136022
Archive entry
20080916110853495136022.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080916110853495136022.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080916110853495136022.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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