Spiral-bound notebook with a lake-and-pavilion cover

Description

A spiral-bound notebook whose laminated cover carries a lake-and-pavilion landscape, photographed on a windowsill together with a small dark-red vinyl booklet gold-stamped 鞍山钢铁公司 · 工作证 (Anshan Iron & Steel Company · Work ID) with the steel I-beam-and-wings emblem — the everyday paper kit of an Angang employee.

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. 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).