How to restore iPhoto

I have recently had to wipe clean my system, and reinstall everything. Before doing so, I transferred what I thought were ALL of my files, only to realize I had “forgotten” my iPhoto library.
After re-establishing everything, I realized all of my photos were gone. I was able to retrieve photos from an old computer, and load them into iPhoto.They are my photos up to 2007.
I had been using Carbon Copy Cloner for backing up, but have never used it to Restore anything. I copied some information from CCC to iPhoto, and when I open iPhoto, it shows Libraries for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. They have check marks next to them , but no photos.
I saved the CCC archives, and the most comprehensive folder I see is Pictures/iPhoto Library dec 2013/Database/apdb/etc., etc..
That folder contains BigBlobs_apdb-journal, Faces.db_journel, History.apdb_journel, ImageProxies.apdb_journel, Library.apdb_journel, Properties.apdb_journel.
There is also a folder Faces/FaceNames with a couple file in it.
As you see I am totally ignorant about the structure of iPhoto. I’m still of the old school where you copied and pasted files . Obviously that’s not how iPhoto works.
Can anyone suggest if any of the information I still have can be useful in recapturing my lost photos. I only have one other Folder in my CCC archive with anything related to iPhoto. This was the most comprehensive.
Sorry for the long post. I hope I may have offered a reasonable explanation of my situation.
Any advise will be greatly appreciated. Please advise if there is a more suitable category or group to pose this question too.

OT:
I think I was only cloning whatever changes occurred from one event to another. Since I really didn't open iPhoto very often, I only have a few incidental alterations. I am looking at things now, and don't really think I have any iPhoto libraries. The photos I have from earlier than 2007 were ones I retrieved off an older computer. I made some really hasty decisions, eliminated much of what was on my computer and backup before rationally thinking about it; and I think I've just lost everything. The CCC archive I have is something I moved from this computer to my laptop.
I don't, can't find anything in this CCC archive that is an iPhoto library in the Home/Pictures folder. It's only the partial files I listed in my post.I've tried coping them to my Pictures folder. There is something in that data that allows iPhoto to show libraries 2012. 2013, 2014; but with nothing in them.
I think I just messed up earlier, but again thanks to all for the assistance.

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