How do I solve the Error Code -36?
I was able to get these files from time machine by accessing the time machine from the terminal. I used the following commands

sudo tmutil listbackup


this listed all the backup directories, their names contain the date of the backup.
then

cd &lt;to the backup I wanted&gt;


then

cp -R &lt;iPhotos backup folder&gt; &lt;Pictures folder&gt;


during this command, I did get a warning for one of the image files. My guess is that Finder cannot handle this situation.