The old photos of Chengdu taken by the Vice President of the United States in 1944

An old photograph of Chengdu taken by the Vice President of the United States in 1944 by Henry· Agade· Wallace

Henry· Agade· Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965), American statesman, Franklin· During Roosevelt’s time, he was the Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President of the United States; Truman served as Minister of Commerce. He symbolized the populist philosophy of the New Deal Democrats and designed the controversial agricultural policy of the Democratic Party government throughout the 1930s. But in 1946, he fell out with the Democratic Party because of the foreign policy towards the Soviet Union

U.S. President Roosevelt sent Vice President Wallace to visit China on June 18, 1944, in order to realize his strategic vision of the Far East and the Pacific region, maintain the cooperation between wartime allies, and establish a new world order based on the cooperation of major powers and centered on the United States. The main purpose of Wallace’s visit was to mediate the contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and Sino Soviet relations

During their five-day stay, Wallace and his delegation held many talks in Chongqing and visited Yunnan, Lanzhou and other places. This group of photos was taken at that time

1944年 美国副总统拍摄的成都老照片，拍摄者：亨利·阿加德·华莱士。

亨利·阿加德·华莱士（1888年10月7日－1965年11月18日），美国政治家，富兰克林·罗斯福时期曾任美国农业部长、美国副总统；杜鲁门时期任商务部长。他象征着新政民主党人的平民哲学，设计了整个三十年代民主党政府引起争议的农业政策，但在1946年因对苏联的外交政策上和民主党闹翻。

美国总统罗斯福为了实现其关于远东和太平洋地区的战略设想，维持战时盟国之间的合作，确立战后以大国合作为基础、以美国为核心的世界新秩序，于1944年6月18日派副总统华莱士访问中国。华莱士此行的主要目的是调解国共矛盾与中苏关系。

华莱士一行4人在五天的逗留期间，在重庆进行了多次会谈，并到访了云南、兰州等地。本组照片就是当时所拍。

以下为成都都江堰地区拍摄