IPhoto Projects problem.

Every year I make cards and calendars. I move the photos to the particlular projects, usually 1-3 for the card, until I pick the one I like best, and 60-70 in the calendar project. I accidentally dropped the pictures in the card project, rather than the calendar project. These are 40 pictures, of more than 17,000, from 12 years back. Is there any way to locate the pictures in my Library, so I can move them to the proper project, without trying to find all those pictures again, by scrolling through all of them? Thank you.

What do you see if you search for the file name from inside iPhoto?  The Spotlight search might be showing the thumbnail or preview copy, not the orignal. 
If you're seeing a blank black window or a window with
in it then try the following: apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - run Option #4 to rebuild the database.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager  to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next  window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments.  However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.

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