Project
Buddy Icon Archive
An ongoing preservation project for the tiny pictures that made AOL Instant Messenger personal.
Buddy Icon Archive is an ongoing digital-preservation project for the tiny images people used on AOL Instant Messenger.
About this project
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How it works
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Current work
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