Who can help me use Time Machine to find some photos from a year ago?

I need to know how to retrieve some photos from a year ago that should be stored on my ext. drive. I have Time Machine....Mac OSX 10.9.1. I have tried to do it and Time Machine tells me there is not enough room to download my old Picture Library. I don't want to download the whole liibrary. I just want to locate one event or album that contains the pictures I am seeking. Isn't there a way to open the Picture library from a year ago and select just the pictures that I want to bring back to my current IPhoto Library? I need some hlep with this. I have never tried it before.
Dick

The best solution to your problem is to restore the old library to a volume on an external drive, then open it in iPhoto and export the images you want.
Enter Time Machine and select the item you want to retrieve in a snapshot. From the action menu (gear icon) in the toolbar select Restore ... to... and choose the destination you want. Then click the Restore button in the lower right corner of the display.

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