Introduction: Paris, photography, and history: 1860 to 1970 -- Imagination and evidence: visual history at Paris's municipal historical institutions -- Index and time: new forms and theories in photohistories -- Past and present: "repicturing" during the occupation and liberation of Paris -- Style and subjectivity: the Bimillenaire de Paris and the Parisian cliche -- "C'etait Paris en 1970": the amateur photographer, the assassination of Paris, and photographic history -- Conclusion: looking back, looking forward: the videotheque de Paris.
