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A basketball on a wooden surface with orange background and red pixelated text reading 'lets see', 'YOU', and 'try it'.

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A basketball on a wooden surface with orange background and red pixelated text reading 'lets see', 'YOU', and 'try it'.

A basketball on a wooden surface with orange background and red pixelated text reading 'lets see', 'YOU', and 'try it'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • lets see
  • YOU
  • try it

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805171243402106373673
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fe/fe969613445f471a96af3e8a5dff1ec5096a3e1382b1d51d66b967cea16a7140.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fe969613445f471a
SHA-256
fe969613445f471a96af3e8a5dff1ec5096a3e1382b1d51d66b967cea16a7140
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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
200805171243402106373673
Archive entry
200805171243402106373673.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 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#200805171243402106373673.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805171243402106373673.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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