Multiple Libraries - Can't view photos - help!

I created another library so that I could organize my personal photos from work photos. I imported all my photos into the second library, named it differently from the original IPhoto Library. I can view all these photos just fine. I looked up in the help section how to switch back and forth from library to library. However, this doesn't work. I cannot view all the photos from my original library. When I go to the finder/pictures, I see the original folder and everything seems to be there.
I searched through the topics looking for this problem. I saw a lot of problems that were similar. I've tried holding option/shift/command and choosing the library. When I choose the original library I can see all the album folders that I created but there are no pictures in any of them.
I also tried to rebuild but that is not working.
How do I get these photos back into the original library so that I can see them in IPhoto? I am using IPhoto6. Thanks!!!!!!
Michele

Yes, it looks just like that. However, I don't always get the "choose library" option when pressing the option key when opening IPhoto. For some reason, I have to move the IPHOTOLibrary to the desktop (or another folder) to be able to choose the library that I want. After choosing my original library (IPhotoLibrary) it then loads all of the albums/folders that are located in the left of the window. It just doesn't load the photos in them. I haven't done anything to the original folders that were created in the IPhoto Library either. They have been left as they were originally created.

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