Optimizing the iPhoto Library

Hello,
I've been using iPhoto since version 2, I believe, and I've had the same library the whole time. As you can imagine, it is getting to be pretty ugly in there, and I believe a lot of the data might be duplicated. For example, within the library, it looks like the "Masters" and "Originals" subdirectories might be duplicates:
MD5 (Masters/2009/Jul 29, 20092/IMG1495.JPG) = a2dc2b126a958a981be20ddb59a1f8e1
MD5 (Originals/2009/Jul 29, 20092/IMG1495.JPG) = a2dc2b126a958a981be20ddb59a1f8e1
I am currently using 9.1. Is there a way to get rid of any existing data within that library that is not in use? I've done some searching, and it looks like there are lots of solutions for when you have duplicate photos, but nothing is showing up as a duplicate within iPhoto itself, so I believe the extra data is just getting ignored.

I know that iPhoto is very touchy about having it's directories manipulated in Finder, BUT ... I just took the plunge and deleted my iPhoto Originals folder. From what I could see, it was a duplicate of the Masters folder. The only difference being that the Master folder included the most recent photos I've taken after upgrading to iPhoto '11.
When revealed in Finder, all photos pointed back to photos in the Masters folder. From the most recent to the oldest photo all linked back to the Masters folder. Nothing was linking to the Originals folder.
The problem was that the Originals folder is (was) taking up 49gb as well as the Masters folder taking up 50gb.
This duplication must've happened in the last few days because I watch my available harddrive space closely. To see my available space drop so drastically started me down this path.
I have a backup of the Originals just in case iPhoto starts goofing up, but I'd suggest clearing out the needless files.

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