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A black-and-white image with green text overlays and a small colorful figure, accompanied by white text phrases on black backgrounds.

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A black-and-white image with green text overlays and a small colorful figure, accompanied by white text phrases on black backgrounds.

A black-and-white image with green text overlays and a small colorful figure, accompanied by white text phrases on black backgrounds. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • Wake up You're Alive.
  • TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS.
  • We're on your side.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200904192051491868892803
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.5 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f8/f8c817c56f9b96ba3799f6129ac8338b6d0bacce4700924d306a300b5fba3559.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f8c817c56f9b96ba
SHA-256
f8c817c56f9b96ba3799f6129ac8338b6d0bacce4700924d306a300b5fba3559
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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
200904192051491868892803
Archive entry
200904192051491868892803.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#200904192051491868892803.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200904192051491868892803.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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