ACCIDENTAL OVERWRITE OF ORIGINAL PHOTOS FOLDER

Help!
I made a HUGE mistake today. I was trying to copy some pictures from a cd onto my iMac and I ACCIDENTALLY OVERWROTE the originals folder in the iPhoto library. Now I cannot view any of my pictures in full screen.
Is there any way to reverse what I've done?

Yes, I am in a BIG pickle.
I did make a big mistake, I tried to copy and paste the photos into the pictures folder using Finder. Now I only have the thumbnails of all of my pictures and the actual full size photos are gone with the originals folder. Lesson learned, I will only import photos from iPhoto.
Yes, now I know the value of a back up. Good news is that most of the library is on my husband's powerbook, so I think I can recover from that. It looks like I will only lose a few months of photos. Problem is that he is on deployment and I won't see him until November.
Aye yai yai

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