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A sequence of pixelated icons showing a document transforming into an envelope and mailbox, with purple and white colors on a gray background.

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Animation

  • document folds into envelope
  • envelope opens to reveal document
  • envelope transforms into mailbox
  • mailbox flag moves

Animation Summary

  • A document transforms into an envelope, which opens to reveal a document, then transforms into a mailbox with a moving flag.

Composition

  • sequential transformation
  • multiple states

Dense Caption

The sequence begins with a white document with purple text reading 'Demo' and 'Instant' on a gray background. The document folds into a letter shape, then into a closed envelope with a purple flap. The envelope opens to reveal a white document inside, then closes again. The envelope transforms into a purple rectangular icon, then into a white mailbox with a red flag. The mailbox appears in multiple states: closed, flag down, flag up, and with a purple document inside. All elements are pixelated with a limited color palette of purple, white, gray, and red.

Description

A sequence of pixelated icons showing a document transforming into an envelope and mailbox, with purple and white colors on a gray background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: GifCities Instant Message Icon Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Message Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities Instant Message Icon Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance source-name
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Message Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance topic-coverage: instant messaging
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • instant messaging icon
  • 1999 digital icon
  • GifCities search result
  • GeoCities icon
  • pixelated envelope
  • mailbox flag animation
  • mixed-size icon
  • document transformation animation

Objects

  • envelope
  • flag

Preprocessing Notes

  • source hints indicate mixed-size search result but pixels show consistent small size
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities Instant Message Icon Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Message Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
  • provenance topic-coverage: instant messaging
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

Subjects

  • envelope

Visible Text

  • Demo
  • Instant

Visually Supported Entities

  • GifCities
  • GeoCities
  • instant messaging

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  • white
  • gray
  • red
  • document
  • envelope
  • mailbox
  • text
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  • gray background
  • red flag
  • flap
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  • open
  • flag down
  • flag up
  • document inside
  • folding
  • transformation
  • sequence
  • icon
  • small
  • mixed-size
  • 1999
  • 2009
  • GifCities
  • GeoCities
  • instant messaging
  • search
  • Internet Archive
  • provenance
  • collection
  • era
  • topic
  • source
  • type
  • attribute
  • title
  • file-name
  • query-selected

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities Instant Message Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Instant Message Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:08 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
45×52 pixels
File size
14.5 KB
Motion
Animated (46 frames)
Added to archive
July 10, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 05:08 UTC
Archive ID
2f631c366ffec21e
SHA-256
2f631c366ffec21e0727ae882ac137e5ea4eb6fa6a57c4c0203418b6748bb088
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:33 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A sequence of pixelated icons showing a document transforming into an envelope and mailbox, with purple and white colors on a gray background.

Reviewed
August 23, 2026 at 23:52 UTC
Run
67
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,571 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,643, response 1,047

Review tags

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  • mailbox (subject, 0.80)

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  • folding
  • transforming
  • opening
  • closing
  • flag moving

Animation

  • document folds into envelope
  • envelope opens to reveal document
  • envelope transforms into mailbox
  • mailbox flag moves

Animation Summary

  • A document transforms into an envelope, which opens to reveal a document, then transforms into a mailbox with a moving flag.

Colors

  • purple
  • white
  • gray
  • red

Composition

  • sequential transformation
  • multiple states

Dense Caption

The sequence begins with a white document with purple text reading 'Demo' and 'Instant' on a gray background. The document folds into a letter shape, then into a closed envelope with a purple flap. The envelope opens to reveal a white document inside, then closes again. The envelope transforms into a purple rectangular icon, then into a white mailbox with a red flag. The mailbox appears in multiple states: closed, flag down, flag up, and with a purple document inside. All elements are pixelated with a limited color palette of purple, white, gray, and red.

Description

A sequence of pixelated icons showing a document transforming into an envelope and mailbox, with purple and white colors on a gray background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: GifCities Instant Message Icon Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Instant Message Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

Metadata Only Entities

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  • provenance source-name
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
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Metadata Supported By Image

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  • provenance era: 2009
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  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
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  • neutral
  • functional

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  • 1999 digital icon
  • GifCities search result
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  • pixelated envelope
  • mailbox flag animation
  • mixed-size icon
  • document transformation animation

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  • envelope
  • mailbox
  • flag

Preprocessing Notes

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  • quarantined composition: grid layout

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  • provenance era: 2009
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  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
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  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
  • provenance topic-coverage: instant messaging
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

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  • pixelated
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  • 1990s digital

Subjects

  • document
  • envelope
  • mailbox

Visible Text

  • Demo
  • Instant

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Wordwall

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 00:48 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 14, 2026 at 05:14 UTC
Run
30
Version
v3
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Full source records (1)
GifCities Instant Message Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-instant-message-icon-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Instant Message Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:08 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities instant-message icon candidates
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