How can I get iphoto to display my library?

Here's the situation. My iphoto library is on an external drive and was running on an old version of iPhoto. Moved to a new imac and Mavericks and the new version of iPhoto. I have opened iPhoto and addressed it to my library on the external drive through the 'switch library' menu but it only comes up with the iPhoto start screen and no photos found. I have checked with the 'switch library' dialog and it is definitely the chosen library, I have tried opening with Alt key and re-choosing it but still the same. The library on the external HD now has the iPhoto icon instead of the old folder and has been aggregated into one package rather than the visible file structure of old but I have looked in 'view package contents' and everything is there ready to go. Have tried iPhoto library manager but it says the library is fine and does not need rebuilding for the new iPhoto.
iPhoto is definitely addressed to this external library. The library is definitely intact and modified by iPhoto. Why can it not display my photos?
Thanks for any help you can give.

TRy to
BAckup your iPhoto library and launch iPhoto while holding downthe option and command keys. Use the first aid window to repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
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