Trying to figure out how to restore an iPhoto Library from a backup onto a new system.

I had an old imac that died but I have backups of everything. I want to restore the iPhoto Libary to another system on another login
The old system was an iMac that was running I think either 10.5.8 or 10.6 and I think iPhoto6. I want to restore from a backup onto a newer iMac running 10.8.1 with iPhoto 9.3.2. When I go to the backup I see the iphoto libray, but it does not show the icon I was expecting. What I see is
Not the icon I thought I would see. When I double click I get a terminal window and I can see all of the files
So how can I get these photos onto my new system?
Thanks

The backup was made via Time Machine. I want to take an account from an old machine to a different newer machine in the house. I tried using the migration assitant to move files onto the new system and all seems well except for photos. When iPhoto startes up it appears to recognize the photos and I can see thumbnails when I flip through, but I do not see full sized photos. How can i see all of the full sixe photos and make sure the conversion pulled my pictures over?

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