Where did I hide my iPhoto library?

I've accidentally hidden my iPhoto library on my iMac. I have 4 users on this machine and have searched the Pictures folder and iPhoto library under each User Login.
I go to Finder-Go-Go to Folder-/Volume and nothing appears.

If you can access it in iPhoto, choose to display any photo in the Finder and command-click on the folder's name in the window's title bar. Don't change anything inside.
When using the Go to Folder command, specify /Volumes/ instead of /Volume.
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