IPhoto Restore Problems

I had to reinstall my iPhoto after receiving an error saying "iPhoto is unable to open this library. The library is not compatible with iPhoto. After the restore I realized there were photos missing so I did a rebuild to restore the thumbnails because I thought that's all that was missing. However, after doing that, the photos are still not showing, even though there are events with the correct event name, number of photos and dates. How can I recover these photos?

You've tried all of the standard fixes with no success.  When you rebuild with iPhoto Library Manager did you check the checkbox to Scavenge orphaned photos?
Here's a last ditch workaround:
Starting over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Open the library package like this.
2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
3. Drag the subfolders inside the Masters  folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.
This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the user added metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
Note:  your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

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