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Four- of pixelated animal images with overlaid text: top-left hamster, top-right hamster with apple, bottom-left rabbit, bottom-right cat

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Four- of pixelated animal images with overlaid text: top-left hamster, top-right hamster with apple, bottom-left rabbit, bottom-right cat

Four- of pixelated animal images with overlaid text: top-left hamster, top-right hamster with apple, bottom-left rabbit, bottom-right cat. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • cat

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  • no way
  • stretch

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081208142721906625333
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fc/fc7e24f09b6ac17447b9375730b6670041ebe64fc6a66d60cc688638fed53855.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fc7e24f09b6ac174
SHA-256
fc7e24f09b6ac17447b9375730b6670041ebe64fc6a66d60cc688638fed53855
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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
20081208142721906625333
Archive entry
20081208142721906625333.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#20081208142721906625333.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081208142721906625333.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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