April 24, 1971. Hundreds of people, young and old, joined a peace march in Honolulu that started at Ala Moana Park, and then proceeded to city hall. It was billed as the US-Indochina Solidarity March backed by People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice, a local umbrella peace group, and coincided with demonstrations that drew 500,000 people to Washington, D.C. Two days earlier, Vietnam veterans, including John Kerry, testified before a Senate committee, part of a week of national protests by the veterans group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).

This photo was taken on the corner of Kapiolani Boulevard at South Street, and shows marchers after they made a brief stop at the Honolulu Advertiser Building, which at that time also housed the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Police can be seen blocking the left lane of Kapiolani as the line of marchers carrying banners and placards crossed King Street and continues up along the sidewalk on the far side before turning left towards city hall.

Perhaps what is most interesting today are the things that aren’t there.

Compare it to the photo below, taken from about the same location, which appears in the current Street View on Google Maps. In this photo, Kawaiahao Plaza is ahead on the left. It was built in 1978 as the headquarters of Bishop Estate, now known as Kamehameha Schools.

And across the street is the 16-story Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building, which was still just in the planning stage at the time of the 1971 peace march.