Photos in Library missing from iPhoto

I opened iPhoto earlier and noticed that about 5000 pictures were missing. They are all still in the library but do not show up in iPhoto. I tried rebuilding the library to no avail. Any suggestions besides manually dragging everything back into iPhoto and rearranging the albums?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

misam
You could try rebuilding with iPhoto Library Manager, which uses different strategies for rebuilding. However, if your db file is corrupted your only options are your back up or to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual rolls to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD

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Fix #1
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Since only one option can be run at a time start
with Option #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
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