Can't Access photos from backup

So I need to access my photos from an old backup. Well, my old backup is from iphoto, and now i have photos and iphoto on my computer. For some reason I cannot access the old photos anymore. How can I get those photos back?
I went into my backups, and clicked on the iphoto library (annotated in picture)
So there's no other library to choose from.. How can I get my old photos back? Even if I can access the files from within the back up and I can export them somehow, that would be a great solution. I just want to transfer them over to my hard drive. I just want the photos.

You have to restore the library before you can open it.
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