How do I transfer my pictures from a time machine back up

Hello All,
I recently had to wipe my laptop hard drive clean and reinstalled OSX  10.9.4
Now I want to transfer my pictures, stickies, and music from time machine backup on an external hard drive to my laptop. Having all sorts of problems figuring out how to do it. I thought I transferred my pictures over but when I opened up iPhoto none of the pictures were there. And I did reboot. Can someone please help me.
Thanks,
Lou

The following has instructions: OS X Mavericks: Restore items backed up with Time Machine
The following is old but specific to iPhoto and may help: iPhoto '11: Restoring from Time Machine with iPhoto '11 (9.2 or later) and OS X Lion 10.7.2 (or later)
Also, see http://www.imore.com/how-set-and-restore-time-machine-backup

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