IPhoto backup to EHD problem

Hello. I have a late 2010 MB Air running OSX 10.9.4 and iPhoto 9.5.1. I have an EHD that is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I copied my iPhoto library to the EHD at set up iPhoto to use the EHD using the option key as I opened iPhoto. When I open iPhoto, it looks like all the pictures are there but there are no thumbs. When I try and open a picture I get a triangle with an exclamation point in the middle. If I try and open a video it says: "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -54.)"
Any suggestions?

Try dragging the iPhoto library to the EHD again - maybe there was a bad copy
How is the EHD connected to your MBA? It should be using a hard wired cable connection
LN

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