"early years" in iPhoto

In iPhoto6, my library is shown as "early years", then 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. How do I tell iPhoto to show more years rather than lumping things into "early years". I'd prefer to hide the "early years" folder entirely.
I can do this via a Smart Album, but it seems like a pretty straightforward configuration option (although I didn't find it looking in the iPhoto plist file).
thanks.
ed.

ed,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Those year-based albums are automatic smart albums built into the iPhoto application. You can't change them. You can hide the entire list, or keep them all visible, but there is no way to hide just one of them.
Your idea of creating smart albums for the years before 2005 is a good one. Also check out the calendar tool (the little boxes near the lower left corner of the iPhoto window). With that calendar, you can filter your library by date with just one click. You can filter by a year, month, week, or date. Option-click a date to see it for every instance in your library (ex: Option-click your birthdate to see your birthday photos for every year that you have). It's very flexible and very powerful.
Regards.

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