IPhoto cannot find older pictures in hi res

After recent update(s) iPhoto '11 cannot find older photos in hi res. The thumbnails are still there but the original photos are not. At least not visible for iPhoto. Where do I find them? It doesn't help trying to use other libraries. Finder shows two identical iPhoto Libraries but none of them contain hi res pictures.

That seems to suggest the possibility that the iPhoto preferences were set to run as a "referenced" library during that time?
If you have the names of some of them you can try searching for them using Find Any File. FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't, like in packages, invisible folder, etc.
Run a search on your boot drive first. If no full sized photos with that name are found change the searched drive to your Time Machine drive and try again. This search will much longer than on your boot drive do to the TM organization.
This can tell you if there's any copy of that photo in your TM. If not there's nothing you can do. .
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