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HTML

<div class="container-fluid">       
            <h1>GTO Gallery</h1>
            <ul id="imageGallery">
                <li><a href="img/1964_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1964_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1964 Pontiac GTO" class="image"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1965_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1965_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1965 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1966_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1966_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1966 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1967_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1967_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1967 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1968_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1968_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1968 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1969_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1969_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1969 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1970_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1970_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1970 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1971_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1971_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1971 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1972_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1972_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1972 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1973_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1973_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1973 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
                <li><a href="img/1974_GTO.jpg"><img src="img/1974_GTO.jpg" width="100" alt="1974 Pontiac GTO"></a></li>
            </ul>       
        </div>

JavaScript

$("a").each(function(i){
    var img = $(this).find("img");
    $(this).text(img.attr("alt"));
});