Worn red 'Graduation Certificate' cover with gold title and a smaller…

Description

Worn red 'Graduation Certificate' cover with gold title and a smaller issuing-school line running down the right edge, photographed sideways. Appears to be a technical school affiliated with an Anshan metallurgical machinery plant.

Significance to the comparison

Everyday material evidence of working life at Angang (Anshan Iron & Steel), contributed from a family collection. Objects like this are the physical trace of the danwei world the oral histories describe.

Provenance

Field collection

Photographed in Anshan, July 2026; contributed by a participating family; personal identifiers redacted where present. Original held by the family.

Evidence media

• Photograph of the object (web copy shown; original held privately).

Sources single-source record — corroborating source pending

1. Anshan field collection, July 2026 (photograph; original held by the contributing family).