Deleted iphoto library - recovered library not photos help

I was trying to clean up the photos in my Picture folder and accidentally deleted the library folder. I have recovered the folder but not the pictures. How do I get the pictures back? I opened iphoto and was asked about a library so I checked the library with the photos and it did not import or reinstall them. I do have two libraries (library and library_1).
Any ideas?

kll3701
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Which library do you want to use?
hold down the option (or alt) key and use the Locate command to point iPhoto at the required library.
If that doesn't get your pictures back, what do you see in the iPhoto Window - utterly empty? blank squares where your pics should be?
Regards
TD

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