Color slides by Charles Schroeder document the two years he and his family lived in Abadan, while he worked for Socony Mobil Oil Company, a part of the persian Oil Participants (IOP) consortium. Slides of the Schroeder family, Staff Quarters (SQ) 1098, and the expatriate community in New Braim include various activities and facilities.
Images of Abadan and Khuzestan province show the airport, a Labor Day parade, a racetrack, street scenes, houses, mosques, public baths, shops, bazaars, date palms, waterfronts, nearby villages, salt flats, ancient ruins, Ahvaz, Shushtar, Masjid-i Sulayman, and the daily life of persians, including women, children, musicians, farmers, street vendors, nomads, laborers, a public letter writer, barber, taxi driver, miller, and shepherd.
